Pontiff appeals for hope to 'not be abandoned' in call for world peace

VATICAN CITY, June 8 — Pope Leo XIV criticized the emergence of nationalist political movements on Sunday, calling them unfortunate, without naming a specific country or national leader.

ROME, April 30 — The next leader of the global Roman Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the heart of their papacy, victims' advocates said on Wednesday, criticising the legacies of the last three popes.

VATICAN CITY, April 28 — Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a senior Vatican source said on Monday.

VATICAN CITY, April 26 — Royalty, presidents, prime ministers, and a legion of the faithful will pay their last respects to Pope Francis on Saturday at a funeral Mass in St.

MOSCOW, March 22 — Pope Francis, currently undergoing treatment for pneumonia, will need lengthy rehabilitation to restore speech, said the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's prefect Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez.

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Sept 13 — Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome, Italy today, after a demanding trip across Southeast Asia and Oceania in which he urged action on climate change, pressed for interfaith dialogue, and reinforced the Catholic Church's presence in a region where it is a small minority.

VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 — Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, died on Saturday aged 95 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since his resignation, a spokesman for the Holy See said.