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POPE FRANCIS NEWS AND UPDATES ON VATICAN CITY

Pro-ISIS group release propaganda image of ‘beheaded' Pope Francis days after vowing 'Christmas blood' in poster showing a masked man driving towards St Peter's Basilica

21/11/17 08:17

A pro-ISIS group has released a chilling propaganda poster depicting Pope Francis being beheaded. In the gruesome image - which we have deliberately cropped to cut out the pope's image - a jihadist stands over the orange-jumpsuited body of a prisoner with his hands tied behind his back. The terrorist on the poster is clad in khaki with a white scarf over his face and a knife in his hand as he stands in front of several damaged buildings. His other hand touches the decapitated head of Pope Francis. Next to the severed head is the pope's name, 'Jorge Mario Bergoglio'....read

16/11/17 16:04

Pope Francis has rebuked those who deny the science behind global warming, warning world leaders gathered for climate talks in Germany against listening to to such 'perverse attitudes'.

15/11/17 14:25

Special edition Huracan will be auctioned off by Sotheby's, with the proceeds going towards helping rebuild Christian communities in Iraq that have been devastated by ISIS.

11/11/17 02:09

The Pope addressed UN and Nato officials and diplomats from countries with the bomb during a Vatican conference aimed at galvanising support for a global shift from the Cold War-era policy.

09/11/17 18:58

Pope Francis will host 11 Nobel Peace Prize delegates alongside representatives from the UN, NATO, America and Russia at the Vatican as he attempts to deescalate global nuclear tensions.

09/11/17 15:05

Pope Francis has announced that the Vatican will no longer sell cigarettes to employees in its duty free shop and supermarket - giving up an estimated  £8.9million a year in profit.

02/11/17 18:53

Pope Francis, pictured, is considering allowing married men of proven faith - viri probati - to become Catholic priests in areas such as the Amazon in Brazil where there is a shortage of clergy.

01/11/17 13:00

The 80-year-old Argentine head of the Roman Catholic Church often closes his eyes for long periods while bowing his head in prayer - and sometimes nods off in the process.

27/10/17 21:57

Pope Francis was speaking to a group of astronauts on board the International Space Station from the Vatican library when he lauded their opportunity to see Earth from their unique perspective.

24/10/17 13:42

Pop star Katy Perry, main, has been embroiled in a legal battle with a group of California nuns, top right inset, over a hot-pink mansion in Los Feliz, bottom right inset, that used to be their convent.

24/10/17 00:45

Pope Francis on Monday mourned the plight of 200,000 Rohingya children rejected by neighbouring countries including India - a month before a visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh..

15/10/17 14:20

Pope Francis canonised 35 new Roman Catholic saints on Sunday, including three indigenous children martyred in 16th century Mexico, considered the first Christians killed for their faith in the New World.

08/10/17 23:40

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, 47, and his family were in the Apostolic Palace for a reception where they discussed diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia.

06/10/17 14:23

Pope Francis on Friday denounced the proliferation of adult and child pornography on the internet and demanded better protections for children online.

25/09/17 17:33

More than 60 priests, theologians and academics have formally accused the Pontiff in relation to his  2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.

25/09/17 11:25

Revelation made after Libero Milone broke three months of silence to declare he had resigned as auditor general in Rome under threat of arrest for what he said were trumped-up charges.

21/09/17 21:11

Pope Francis on Thursday acknowledged the Catholic Church was "a bit late" in realising the damage done by priests who rape and molest children.

14/09/17 03:08

The Pontiff sported his black eye as he met with former Prime Minister Blair at St Peter's Square in the Vatican, just days after bruising his face when his motorcade came to an abrupt halt in Colombia.

12/09/17 12:43

Pope Francis said hurricane Irma should prompt people to understand that humanity will 'go down' if it does not address climate change, during a visit to Columbia to survey its damage.

11/09/17 19:10

Pope Francis went after President Trump over yet another controversial immigration issue, saying if the president is 'pro-life' then he should reconsider his order to rescind DACA.

11/09/17 16:16

Consuela Cordoba, horrifically injured in an acid attack 17 years ago, had made plans to end her life with a doctor's help as euthanasia is legal in her home country Colombia.

07/09/17 10:27

A TV reporter has become a laughing stock after she announced the Pope was arriving in town in the Batmobile and not his usual Popemobile, in Colombia.

01/09/17 16:42

It is the first time the Argenitian pontiff had made an admission that he has sought mental therapy. The revelation is laid bare in a new book called Pope Francis: Politics and Society.

31/08/17 15:11

Venezuelan politician and activist Dario Ramirez took the opportunity to create a proposal to remember for his partner Maryangel Espinal at the Vatican in Rome.

30/08/17 17:43

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer finally got to meet the pope Sunday, and is getting a White House farewell party.

30/08/17 01:15

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer finally got to meet the pope Sunday, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirmed.

25/08/17 04:28

The battle for the RSS and its many affiliated groups has moved away from the major metropolitan areas and towards the far-flung regions of the North East that are sometimes overlooked.

25/08/17 02:02

The ISIS video, filmed in Marawi in the Philippines, shows the desecration of a church while one English-speaking jihadi points at the camera and promises: 'We will be in Rome'.

23/08/17 16:09

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called for Pope Francis's support against what he perceives as a 'military threat' from the U.S., asking him to 'help us prevent Trump from sending troops'.

15/07/17 01:35

The sign (pictured) was reportedly given to the pontiff by psychologist Salvo Noe, author of motivational guides, at the end of an audience on Saint Peter's Square last month.

11/07/17 22:39

Until now, gaining sainthood in the Catholic Church required martyrdom, living a life of heroic values or - less frequently invoked - having a clear saintly reputation.

11/07/17 06:32

Pope Francis ordered a letter to be sent to bishops reminding them of the requirements for bread and wine used in the sacrament, specifically outlawing the use of gluten-free alternatives.

07/07/17 06:59

Sources say American doctors have come to the aid of the Gard family, a day after the Pope offered the 11-month old boy a Vatican passport so that he can be treated in Italy.

05/07/17 23:36

Reports in Italy claim the occupant of the apartment is allegedly the secretary to Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio - a key aide to the 80-year-old Pope (pictured).

05/07/17 20:22

The Prime Minister is under huge pressure to intervene in the ten-month-old's battle to survive but refused to say if she would help his parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard.

05/07/17 11:51

The torment of Charlie Gard has brought promises of help from around the world. In an extraordinary move, baby Charlie was offered treatment at the Pope's own hospital in Rome.

03/07/17 10:05

Pope Francis (pictured) said in the Vatican today that he hopes doctors will allow the parents of 10-month-old Charlie Gard to 'care for their child until the end'.

02/07/17 13:24

Pope Francis has dropped the head of the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases just days after Cardinal George Pell was charged with historical sexual offences.

02/07/17 12:22

Pope Francis replaced the top theologian of the Catholic Church on Saturday in a major shake up of the Vatican. Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller (pictured with pope) was replaced.

01/07/17 18:32

EXCLUSIVE: Doctors at Great Ormond Street were planning to withdraw life support for the ten-month-old today but changed their minds at the 11th hour.

29/06/17 23:24

Pope Francis has offered his support to cardinal George Pell over sex offence charges that were laid on Thursday, as it's revealed he will 'be pensioned off from his role at the Vatican'.

28/06/17 11:15

Giovanni Gambino, the son of a New York Mafia boss, has warned the Vatican will come to rue the day it  excommunicates Catholics convicted of mafia-related crimes.

22/06/17 20:33

The Dutch Queen, who is Catholic, dressed in black and covered her hair with a traditional lace mantilla, as is customary for papal audiences, as she arrived at the Vatican with King Willem-Alexander.

17/06/17 18:31

Merkel said the pope (left) encouraged her to work to preserve the Paris climate accord despite US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the agreement at the beginning of the month.

30/05/17 15:50

Donald Trump's meeting with the Pope made the headlines for all the wrong reasons after a photo showed a grinning president standing next to a miserable-looking Francis.

27/05/17 15:49

Pope Francis earned the raucous applause of steelworkers when he visited a struggling factory near Genoa, northern Italy (pictured). He praised the workers and derided 'economic speculators.'

27/05/17 13:23

More than 2.5million pilgrims visit the town of Medjugorje each year to catch a sighting of the Virgin Mary. Pope Francis dismissed the sightings, saying the woman they see 'is not the mother of Jesus'.

25/05/17 11:19

President Trump brought his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner to meet Pope Francis on his trip to Rome, but left his long-suffering spokesman Sean Spicer behind.

24/05/17 22:24

First Lady Melania Trump and the president’s daughter, Ivanka, traveled to the Vatican on Wednesday with Donald Trump, who was meeting with the Pope for one of his most high-profile talks.

24/05/17 22:10

A lone American flag hung above the entryway to Pope Francis' apostolic palace in Vatican City as U.S. President Donald Trump arrived for the third leg of his tour of the world's great religions.

24/05/17 15:28

Pope Francis made an unusual connection with U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday, joking with her about what she feeds the hulking 6'2" president.

24/05/17 07:14

The two men went toe-to-toe during the 2016 campaign season after Francis questioned Trump's religious convictions, and the future president fired back a vicious putdown.

20/05/17 12:42

Heartwarming photos showed the happiness etched on the faces of those who opened the door to the Argentinian pontiff in Ostia, an impoverished suburb of the Italian capital.

14/05/17 20:59

Pope Francis acknowledged that the Vatican has a 2,000-case backlog of clerical sex abuse cases to be processed. He said more staff are being added to improve efficiency.

14/05/17 00:46

Pope Francis has prayed over the graves of the two Portuguese children who he will canonise today in an open air mass in Fatima, nearly 100 years after their death in 1919.

13/05/17 11:08

One hundred years ago, three Portuguese shepherd children said the Virgin Mary appeared to them in Fatima, and the pontiff is visiting the shrine on the centenary of the 'visions.'

11/05/17 19:20

The painting, which depicts the pontiff with a halo around his head while the American president sports devilish horns, was created in Rome on Thursday.

08/05/17 14:00

Pope Francis (pictured) was speaking to a group of migrants in Rome on Saturday when he said that many refugee camps are 'concentration camps because they are crowded with so many people'

07/05/17 13:15

Pope Francis's (main) comments come after U.S. Air Force dropped GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) (inset) on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan last month.

30/04/17 16:00

Pope Francis is warning that 'a good part of humanity' will be destroyed if tensions with North Korea escalate. He wants diplomacy and a revived UN to negotiate a resolution.

29/04/17 19:07

Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday in Cairo during a visit to support the country's embattled Christian minority.

27/04/17 17:43

The leader of the Catholic church made the plea before he heads to Egypt - the scene of two suicide bombings on Palm Sunday that killed 45 people - tomorrow in a bid to spread peace.

26/04/17 21:36

The University of Michigan's football coach Jim Harbaugh presented Pope Francis with a customized helmet and a pair of Air Jordans during a team trip to the Vatican.

26/04/17 19:46

The papal almsgiver has made a donation, in the name of Pope Francis, to cover the annual rent for a beach area near Rome used by disabled youths.

26/04/17 18:04

Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at a TED conference in Vancouver, urging world leaders to 'act with humility and tenderness' in his 18-minute speech.

21/04/17 18:35

Despite a tense back-and-forth during his presidential campaign, President Trump said Thursday he'd like to sit-down with Pope Francis next month.

16/04/17 18:52

Tens of thousands of faithful braved heavy security checks - and, later, a brief downpour - to enter St. Peter's Square where Francis celebrated Mass on the steps leading to St. Peter's Basilica.

16/04/17 01:00

Holding a single candle, Francis processed down the center aisle of a darkened St Peter's Basilica, symbolizing the darkness that fell after Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday.

15/04/17 01:16

Cultures and peoples from around the world are celebrating festivals of rebirth and renewal this Easter weekend, including in the Philippines where men are nailed to crosses to honour Christ.

06/04/17 02:45

Charles and Camilla did not invite Pope Francis for a state visit this week, as some had expected, possibly because of his stance over the Falklands, which he once described as 'usurped'.

24/03/17 18:59

Pope Francis told EU leaders the continent faced a 'vacuum of values' as they marked the EU's 60th birthday, condemning anti-immigrant populism and extremism.

23/03/17 14:01

At his weekly public audience today in St Peter's Square, the pontiff urged tourists and pilgrims 'not to forget' the problem but instead welcome and help refugees.

22/03/17 17:56

The video was shot by the girl's Godfather with the caption: 'Took my Goddaughter to meet the pope. She stole his hat.' Pope Francis is all smiles as he scrambles for his cap outside the Vatican.

18/03/17 23:59

The Pope has urged priests who hear troubled confessions to call upon the services of exorcists. The pontiff advised the priests at a Vatican training session to choose with 'great prudence'.

13/03/17 04:36

Pope Francis was seen greeting young Catholics with kisses and warm hugs during a visit of the Roman parish of St. Magdalene of Canossa on Sunday.

10/03/17 19:15

A priest in Naples, southern Italy, is facing a formal inquiry by local church bosses despite denying claims he went online to find partners to pay for sex.

10/03/17 01:06

The pontiff stressed that removing the celibacy rule is not the answer to the Catholic Church's priest shortage, but he said he was open to studying whether married men could be ordained.

07/03/17 08:05

Pope Francis has previously said avoiding pregnancy is not an 'absolute evil', but the church remains unwavering in its opposition to artificial birth control.

26/02/17 00:25

The Pope is said to be applying his vision of a 'merciful church' to sex offenders by reducing punishments to weaker sentences, such as a lifetime of prayer and penance.

25/02/17 22:17

The gathering of Catholic clergy and activists in northern California comes as the world grapples with the impact of President Donald Trump's attempts to change US immigration policy.

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