Pope Francis

Pope Francis has arrived on Lesbos, the island in Greece that has received hundreds of thousands of refugees the past two years. The Pope was welcomed by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Chief...

Greek security services are taking extremely tight measures ahead of the visit of Pope Francis on the island of Lesbos, scheduled to take place on April 16. The Chief of the Roman Catholic Church, will not use his special popemobile. The...

Pope Francis will make a short trip to the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16 to meet with refugees accommodated there, the Holy See said in a statement Thursday. The Vatican said the pope accepted the invitation from the...

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos officially invited Pope Francis to visit the Greek island of Lesvos in a letter delivered by the country’s ambassador to the Vatican, the presidency said in a press release on Tuesday evening. In his letter, Pavlopoulos...

Pope Francis intends to visit the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on April 15, in order to draw attention to the plight of refugees and sensitize European and international public opinion to the issue. The Church of Greece on...

Addressing the faithful on Palm Sunday, Pope Francis criticized those who he said are washing their hands of the fate of desperate refugees, according to Reuters. The Pope blessed palm and olive branches in St. Peter's Square in Rome before...

Pope Francis called on Sunday for a united response to help refugees while praising Greece for its generosity in handling the massive inflow. Addressing crowds in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, the Pope said that the "refugee drama" was...

  If you didn’t already have enough to be nervous about, just consider the early hours of 2016. January 1 brought above freezing temperatures to Antarctica, below freezing temperatures to Damascus, Dubai quite literally was overshadowed in a fiery inferno and...

Pope Francis sent a message to Patriarch Bartholomew on the occasion of the Feast of St. Andrew, urging Catholics and the Orthodox to offer a "credible and effective witness" to the Christian values of trust, respect, charity, and reconciliation. According to...

Pope Francis expressed concern over the Greek crisis on Wednesday, especially its social implications and the impact on Greek families, urging European leaders to make "responsible decisions" in a statement released by Vatican press spokesman Federico Lombardi. "The dignity of the...