Pope Francis

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

Pope Francis waves from the popemobile car as he makes a tour of St. Peter's square following the Easter Sunday mass. Picture: Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

Pray for Ukrainian and Russian people and refugees, urges Pope

Pope Francis recently said that 'the English resolved the requests from Scotland' about independence in 'the English way' (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Pope Francis in hospital with respiratory infection

Archbishop Leo Cushley

Parishioners question leading Catholic cleric over multimillion pound funds

Rescuers recover a body after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas, at a beach near Cutro in southern Ital. Picture: AP Photo/Giuseppe Pipita

Dozens killed as migrant boat capsizes off Italy

Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields is to go to South Sudan with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope.

Scottish Moderator to join Pope Francis on visit to conflict-hit South Sudan

Pope Francis attends the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as pallbearers carry the coffin at the end of the funeral mass at St. Peter's square

Mourners gather to pay respects at Pope Benedict XVI funeral

The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had never wanted to be Pope

Obituary: Pope Benedict XVI, pontiff who will be remembered for resignation

Pope Francis (Left) currently holds the title while his predecessor Benedict (Right) resigned in 2013.

Who is the current pope? Why did Pope Benedict resign?

Pope Benedict XVI has died.

Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95

Pope Francis, left, during a visit to Pope Benedict XVI at his residence of the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican in 2020.

Former Pope Benedict XVI 'very sick', says Francis

How to watch The Letter: A Message For Our Earth featuring the Pope

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, Bahrain (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope in Bahrain: Thousands of Christians flock to Pope's first visit

US President Joe Biden has warned that if Russia uses a tactical nuclear weapon, this could lead to Armageddon (Picture: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Kenny MacAskill: Nuclear bomb threat means there must be peace talks with Russia

Speculation over the future of Pope Francis as ligament damage leaves him confined to a wheelchair

Speculation mounts on the future of the ailing Pope

Pope Francis and Church of Scotland moderator among leaders on 'historic' visit to South Sudan

Pope and Church of Scotland moderator among those on visit to South Sudan

Pride marchers march up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

Conversion therapy: Faith groups urge MSPs for ban

COP26: Pope urges leaders to provide ‘concrete hope’ for future generations . (Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP)

Pope urges leaders at COP26 to provide ‘concrete hope’ for future generations

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Rome-Fiumicino International Airport to attend the G-20 leaders meeting, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Rome. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Biden will meet with the Pope to discuss climate issues

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has openly shared her thoughts about attending COP26 on Twitter. Photo: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File

Will Greta Thunberg be at COP26? What climate activist said about the event

U.S. President Joe Biden and his team of negotiators will travel to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus (SEC) from Edinburgh, where the Queen and Pope Francis are also planning to stay.

Queen and President security concerns could force closure of M8 for COP26

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will not travel to Glasgow for Cop26 next month. (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope will not travel to Glasgow for climate conference

Canon Paul Gargaro during a service at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Anderston, Glasgow.

Catholic magazine to launch in Scotland

Pope Francis arrives at Budapest international airport on his first foreign trip since undergoing major intestinal surgery in July (Pic: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis arrives in Hungary on first foreign tour since surgery

TOPSHOT - Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter' Square at the Vatican on July 18, 2021.Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis 'wants to hold public Mass' in Scotland during COP26 visit

A view of the Gemelli Polyclinic, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized, in Rome, early Monday, July 5, 2021 (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca).

Pope 'reacts well' after surgery

Pope Francis is set to attend COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

Pope Francis planning to attend COP26 summit in Glasgow

Iraq's President Barham Saleh and his wife Sarbagh bid farewell to Pope Francis at Baghdad International Airport (Picture: Vatican Media/AFP via Getty Images)

Why I found Pope France's visit to Iraq surprisingly moving – Angus Robertson

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Pope Francis has endorsed same sex unions

Pope Francis asks Christians all over Scotland to join in the Lord's Prayer tomorrow (Wednesday, March 25)

Pope invites Christians across Scotland to join in the Lord’s Prayer

Pope Francis begins tour of Cuba and US

Drumlanrig: Huguenots what Pope thinks of Farage?

‘Mass protest’ as clergy back immigration reform

Adoption move?

Cardinal Keith O'Brien. Picture: Jane Barlow

No Vatican action expected on Cardinal O’Brien

Michael Kelly: Pope’s message too hard for most

Letter shows Pope pledged to fight for jailed priest

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