IN Kenya's largest and poorest county, the despair of a beleaguered hospital director is palpable as he explains that the dismantling of American-funded aid means his facility will run out of USAID ...

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Uganda, and on my own behalf, I extend our deepest and most ...

Hundreds of people can be seen praying in unison in St Peter's Square in the Vatican - some are crying. A number of people ...

Fostering unity is essential to a pope’s job description. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, an authoritative ...

Armed looting has forced Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to suspend services at the only functioning ...

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican says the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday.

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with critiques of ...

In the final months of his life, the Pope's ill-health saw him spend several weeks in hospital. On 14 February, the ...

The head of the Catholic Church appeared on the Vatican balcony just hours before his death to address those who had gathered in the city to hear his words on Easter Sunday ...