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Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain from 3 – 6 November to attend an international conference, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The Vatican said the Pope...

The Vatican has opened a diplomatic mission in the UAE. Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, a close aide to Pope Francis and substitute of the Secretariat of State at the...

A Vatican Envoy criticised Lebanon's politicians on his visit to Beirut on Tuesday, calling for an end to "the few profiting off the suffering of many" in a financial...

Bahrain's largest Roman Catholic church held the first Mass on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. Father Saji Thomas led the Mass in "Our Lady of Arabia" church, which is located 20 kilometres...

Pope Francis told journalists and officials on Saturday that the world is seeing a scaling back of democracy, Anadolu Agency reported. "We cannot avoid noting with concern how today, and not...

Pope Francis said on Monday that migrants were being exploited as "pawns" on a political chessboard in an apparent reference to the crisis at the Belarus border, Reuters reports....

Pope Francis affirmed his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those...

The Vatican has rejected criticism from senior Israeli rabbis over remarks by Pope Francis about Jewish books of sacred law, saying he was not questioning their continuing validity for...

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for women,...

Israel's top Jewish religious authorities have told the Vatican they are concerned about comments that Pope Francis made about their books of sacred law and have asked for a...

The Mediterranean Sea, which desperate refugees and migrants regularly attempt to cross in the hope of a better life, is the "largest cemetery in Europe", Pope Francis said yesterday....

Pope Francis, who has promised to visit Lebanon if fractious politicians agree on a new government, said on Sunday he would meet its Christian leaders to discuss the country's...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Pope Francis that the international community must sanction Israel for its brutal violence against Palestinians, stressing that Palestinians continue to be subjected to...

Pope Francis called the Syrian civil war one of the worst humanitarian crises of current times on Sunday, saying its 10th anniversary should spur all to seek "a sliver...

The historic visit by the head of the Catholic Church to Iraq was intended to promote interfaith dialogue and help in uplifting the country as it deals with an...

Pope Francis visited Iraq last week in what is said to have been the first trip of its kind. It came at a time of exceptionally difficult circumstances which...

US President Joe Biden on Monday called Pope Francis's visit to Iraq a symbol of hope for the entire world, Anadolu Agency reported a White House statement saying "Pope Francis'...

Pope Francis, who flew to Mosul by helicopter, was visibly moved by the earthquake-like devastation around him

Waving olive branches, flags and balloons and dressed in colourful traditional robes, hundreds of residents lined the streets of the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh on Sunday waiting for the...

Pope Francis, making the first trip by a pontiff to Iraq, made an impassioned call today for an end to the militant violence, fratricide and religious strife

An Iraqi security source on Wednesday reported the deployment of Special Forces in the governorates of Baghdad and Dhi Qar to enhance security ahead of the visit of Pope...

Iraq is deploying thousands of additional security personnel to protect Pope Francis during his four-day visit, which comes after a spate of rocket and suicide bomb attacks raised fears...

At least five people were injured on Monday when Iraqi security forces wielding clubs broke up a street protest in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square, security and hospital sources said,...

The Iraqi government has been negotiating with anti-government protesters in the Dhi Qar Governorate in a bid to convince them to halt their protests during Pope Francis' historic visit...

The Vatican ambassador to Iraq, the point man for Pope Francis' trip to the country next week, has tested positive for COVID-19 but the visit will go ahead, he...

A delegation from the Vatican City State arrived in Iraq yesterday ahead of the official visit by the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, in March. An official...

The Undersecretary of Iraqi Foreign Ministry Nizar Al-Khair Al-Sayed said yesterday that the Vatican wishes Iraqi authorities to provide protection for Pope Francis during his visit to the country...

Pope Francis is set for a historic meeting with Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, during a trip to Iraq planned for March, the patriarch of...

Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could, reported Reuters. The pope traditionally mentions countries in his...

Pope Francis expressed support on Sunday for 18 fishermen held in Libya, weighing in on a standoff between Italy and the administration of Khalifa Haftar, one of the North...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, yesterday called for a "day of prayer and fasting on Friday for Lebanon." "One month after the tragedy that struck the...