Pope Francis

WYD organisers tell attendees to 'expect long walks'

Visitors to World Youth Day will have to walk 18 miles to and from one of the main sites in Krakow

Catholic News Service

Pope Francis says mind of Benedict XVI is still 'perfect'

The Pope has given an interview to Argentine newspaper La Nacion

Associated Press

Pope offers prayers for victims of Baghdad and Dhaka attacks

Francis 'offered his closeness' to the families of those killed in deadly attacks in Iraq and Bangladesh

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Pope Francis says he will pray, not speak, at Auschwitz

The Pontiff told reporters: 'May the Lord give me the grace to cry'

Indifference to suffering is a 'spiritual lethargy that numbs the mind', says Francis

The Pope said a lack of mercy 'makes life barren' at an audience in St Peter's Square

Junno Arocho Esteves

‘Why can’t we choose our own Patriarch?’

The Pope has appointed Franciscans to two of the most prestigious posts in the Holy Land. Neither speaks Arabic, so what's going on?

Jill, Duchess of Hamilton

An accidental pilgrimage

I touched down from America hoping only for a few good dinners. But I found hints everywhere of British Catholicism's surprising vitality

Matthew Schmitz

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