Pope Francis says the world is suffering from wars and terrorism as he conducts the traditional open-air Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis says his thoughts are with all the people suffering after the deadly metro bombing in St. Petersburg.

Pope Francis prays for victims of the deadly flooding in Colombia.

Pope Francis prays for the victims of Peru's devastating floods where at least 62 people have died and over half a million have been displaced.

Pope Francis prays for the victims of a fire at a children's shelter in Guatemala, in which at least 39 people died, and urges the faithful to keep young victims of violence, abuse and wars in their prayers.

Parishioners in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico say they support Pope Francis in considering to ordain older married men as priests in isolated communities as a way to tackle a shortage of clergy.

Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority saying they had been tortured and killed because they wanted to live their Muslim faith.

In his year-end message, Pope Francis urges leaders to do more to help the world's youth find jobs, for fear that a generation is being lost.

Pope Francis expresses his condolences to the families of the victims of a Russian military plane crash.

Pope Francis urges the world's 1.2 billion Catholics to feel compassion for children, notably victims of war, migration and homelessness in his Christmas Eve mass but also those 'not allowed to be born'.

Pope Francis greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Vatican ahead of the 'Mediterranean Dialogues' conference in Rome, where the migrant crisis and the Middle East are expected to be discussed.

Pope Francis used his weekly Angelus prayer to call on the faithful to pray for the people of Mosul, where an ongoing military operation is underway to take the city from Islamic State.