It was a far different atmosphere than when the last pope visited. St. John Paul II came in 1989, when Timor was still an occupied part of Indonesia and fighting for its freedom. As many as ...

Everyone, in conscience, (has to) think and do this.” REUTERS The pope called immigration “a right,” citing Bible passages that call orphans, widows and foreigners three kinds of people that ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge ... Appalling revelations of clerical sexual abuse have emerged in Belgium over the last 30 years including the case of a former bishop ...

It is grave," the pope said. Francis said immigration was a right that dates back to biblical times, and noted that it was repeated in the Old Testament of the Bible that the people of Israel had ...

It was a far different atmosphere than when the last pope visited. St. John Paul II came in 1989, when Timor was still an occupied part of Indonesia and fighting for its freedom. After Timorese ...

It was a far different atmosphere than when the last pope visited. St. John Paul II came in 1989, when Timor was still an occupied part of Indonesia and fighting for its freedom. As many as ...

Following the farewell ceremony on Friday, the pope took a six-hour flight to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, but otherwise had no official engagements in his diary for the day, giving him a ...

DILI, East Timor — (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of ...

As the Pope landed in Indonesia last week to urge a united front against religious extremism, it was the quick action of police that saved his life, uncovering a desperate plot to assassinate him ...

By Emma Bubola Emma Bubola followed Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Singapore. Over the last couple of weeks, Pope Francis hoisted himself up on sore legs dozens of times.