Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates his morning Mass January 21

Francis denounces ecclesiastical careerists: “If we priests feel more important than others, we deny God’s gift”

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at a Wednesday General Audience

Pope demands Davos put person, not power or profit, at centre of public policy

Refugees rescued in the Mediterranean

Vatican official, on Christian unity: “Do we collude with indifference, or show a ‘rare kindness’?”

Pope Francis hugs a young child

Thousands of young people to meet in Assisi to realise Pope’s dream of a “new economy on a human scale”

Pope Francis at the Angelus January 19

Pope prays Berlin summit can lead to end of violence, “much-desired stability” in Libya

Francis, Gänswein and Benedict

Benedict’s personal secretary denies Francis pressure to scratch Emeritus’ name from celibacy book cover

Pope Francis meets a delegation of Finnish Lutherans January 17

Pope tells Finnish Lutherans: “Those who show hospitality grow richer, not poorer”

Francis, Sarah and Benedict

Benedict and Sarah lose out on celibacy: Francis ready to approve married priests

Pope Francis at Mass January 16

Francis: “Jesus didn’t come to preach the law and then leave. He came in compassion”

The Pope takes a small child by the hand in the General Audience January 15

Pope desires Church to be “house open to all hearts in search”