Rome - Pope Francis has taken his gloves off ... men and women who need acceptance and assistance." Today he heads to Turkey, a geopolitical and religious lynchpin between Christianity and ...

Pope Francis is the latest religious leader to speak out over the Turkish president's move Pope Francis has said he's "pained" by Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia back into a ...

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calling on Turkey to recognize the killings as such. As pope, Francis is said to have used it once during a private audience in 2013 -- but even that sparked an outraged reaction from Turkey.

FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, talks to Pope Francis during a group photo at the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, June 14, 2024. Turkish President Erdogan ...

Pope Francis meets Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian ... Assyrians, members of an ethnic group traditionally ...

The leaders of India, Brazil, Turkey, Algeria, Kenya and Tunisia were also in attendance. In his historic address to the leading politicians, Pope Francis said humans needed to remain at the ...

Through three election cycles in Catholicism – conclaves that brought John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to the papacy – ...

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he will host Pope Francis in 2025 and they will go together to Iznik, Turkey, to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council ...

ROME--Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine ... there are many who want to mediate,” he said. “Turkey has offered itself for this. And others. Do not be ashamed to negotiate before ...

The Roman Catholic Church's highest-ranking diplomat offered congratulations to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday and wished him "great wisdom" as he prepares to return to the White House.

VATICAN CITY (AFP): Pope Francis, 87, flies to Indonesia Monday ... from Iraq to Bahrain, Turkey and Morocco. The visit "is not really aimed at Catholics in Indonesia" but is intended to highlight ...