Pope

Two people stand in an empty St Peter’s Square, at the Vatican as Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer in his studio (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope pushes through nerve pain to give new year’s blessing

January 1, 2021

Activists watch the Senate vote unfold in Argentina (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Bill legalising abortion passed in Pope’s native Argentina

December 30, 2020

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for ‘to the city and to the world’ ) Christmas’ day blessing inside the blessing hall of St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope issues Christmas Day plea for Covid vaccines for all

December 25, 2020

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Pope warns church against mediocrity as he is joined by new cardinals at Mass

November 29, 2020

Pope Francis (Yui Mok/PA)

Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election victory

November 13, 2020

St Peter’s Square in Rome (Phil Noble/PA)

Criticism over pope’s lack of cooperation with Catholic Church abuse inquiry

November 10, 2020

Pope Francis salutes the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope to halt public audiences after rise in coronavirus cases

October 29, 2020

Pope Francis (AP)

Vatican experts’ concern over Pope’s decision to forgo face covering

October 27, 2020

Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory greets churchgoers at St Mathews Cathedral (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Pope names first black American cardinal

October 25, 2020

Francis made the surprise announcement from his studio window to the faithful standing below in St Peter’s Square (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope names 13 new cardinals

October 25, 2020

Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for a feature-length documentary (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Plot thickens over origins of pope’s civil union endorsement

October 22, 2020