Roman Catholics

As it happened: Mother Teresa declared 'Saint Teresa of Calcutta' by Pope Francis

To mark the occasion a series of events are being held in the city where the Mother lived and worked all her life.

Pope Francis to issue new guide to love, sex and marriage

Pope Francis will on Friday issue new guidelines on the Church's approach to love, sex and marriage in what is being billed as one of the defining moments of his tenure.

Machine guns, no-fly zone guard pope's opening of Holy Year | Reuters

VATICAN CITY Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics backed up for blocks at the Vatican on Tuesday for the strictest security checks in living memory as Pope Francis began a Holy Year with a call to set aside "fear and dread".

Pope Francis praises large families after telling Catholics not to breed like rabbits

Pope Francis praised big families on Wednesday as a gift from God, after his comments that Catholics don't have to breed "like rabbits" made headlines this week.

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka on week-long Asian tour

Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday at the start of a weeklong Asian tour saying the island nation can't fully heal from a quarter-century of ethnic civil war without pursuing truth for the injustices committed.

My concern for poor is not communism, it is Gospel, says Pope Francis

Pope Francis is insisting that his concern for the poor and critique of the global economic system isn't some novel, communist-inspired ideology but rather the original and core "touchstone" of the Christian faith.

On Christmas, Pope Francis urges world to be open to God

Pope Francis ushered the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Wednesday, urging them to allow God to enter their lives to help combat darkness and corruption.

New pope's choice of name will carry his first message

Even before he utters his first words in public, the new pope who emerges from the conclave this week will send Roman Catholics around the world a message encoded in the name he chooses.