Philip Pullella
‘Didn’t even cross my mind’: Pope Francis denies resignation report
Pope Francis is not thinking of resigning and is living “a totally normal life” following intestinal surgery in July, he has said...
Vatican scandal: Cardinal investigated by George Pell charged with embezzlement
A Vatican judge has ordered 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, to stand trial for alleged financial crimes that include embezzlement, money...
Pope Francis urges Iraqis to reject extremism and sectarian violence
Pope Francis has condemned violence in the name of religion and shared a message of religious coexistence in a historic visit to...
Pope risks all to bring the message of peace to ravaged Iraq
Pope Francis has landed in Baghdad for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012, saying he feels duty-bound to...
Review shows AUSTRAC data error: Vatican
Australia’s financial watchdog has drastically reduced the sum of money it says was sent from the Vatican to Australia, the Vatican says,...
Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission and Cinema Paradiso made him...
Pope Francis tells oil executives carbon pricing ‘essential’ for climate
Pope Francis says carbon pricing is “essential” to stem global warming – his clearest statement yet in support of penalising polluters – and appealed...
Former pope blames 1960s sexual revolution for church’s abuse crisis
Former Pope Benedict has blamed the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal on the effects of the sexual revolution of the 1960s and...
Pope Francis targets sex abuse on his Vatican doorstep
Pope Francis enacted new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as...
Pope Francis defrocks disgraced US cardinal for decades of horrendous sex crimes
Former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood after he was found guilty of sexual crimes against...