Pope Francis three-country tour of Africa will begin in Kenya on November 25

'I see that Pakistan is changing,' Dr Paul Bhatti has said

The bishops have said that the use of pornography is a mortal sin

Italian news agency Agi issued the report which the Vatican has not yet confirmed

'The house of God is a shelter, not a prison,' Holy Father says at general audience

His death brings the number of priests killed in Mexico since 2013 to 11

US bishops have issued an election-year guide addressing a broad range of issues

Downton is accurate in at least one regard in that it gives us a taster of anti-Catholic prejudice

Archbishop Augustine Di Noia gave the opening address at the Symposium on Religious Life in St Louis

Surely the 'O my Jesus' prayer is too deep for three shepherd children to have invented all by themselves?

The legal case will be the first on abortion that the high court has taken in eight years

Drones will be banned from the airspace above Rome from December 8 as the Year of Mercy begins