TEHRAN, Jun 16 -Pope Francis has called for lowering tensions in the Middle East and urged all parties to show restraint in wake of recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
TEHRAN, Apr 07 - Pope Francis says arms sales by the United States and Europe are to blame for the deaths of people, including children, in such places as Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, Mar 23 - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the archbishop of Santiago and the highest ranking member of the Catholic Church in Chile, who has been caught up in the country's sex abuse scandal.
TEHRAN, Feb 17 - Pope Francis has summoned key bishops from across the globe to a summit at the Vatican this week to address sexual abuse of children in the Church.
TEHRAN, July 22 - Revelations that one of the most respected US cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew — and what Pope Francis is going to do about it.
TEHRAN, March 21 - Pope Francis said Wednesday he will visit Ireland in August, the first trip to the country by a pontiff since John Paul II went there in 1979.
COLOMBO, Jan 13, 2015 (AFP) - Pope Francis urged "respect for human rights" in Sri Lanka and called for the "pursuit of truth" after a long civil war as he arrived Tuesday on the island for the first papal visit in two decades.