Pope Benedict XVI News

So the Pope is at it again . By being at it I of course refer only to spreading the word of his god.

Atheists and other nonbelievers largely welcomed Wednesday's remarks by Pope Francis that performing "good works" is not the exclusive domain of people of faith, but rather a place where they and atheists could and should meet.

Gino Cavicchioli, the world renowned artist who has a studio in Kinloss, has plans to sculpt the Pope - but he needs a model for the early stages of his work.

Atheist activists have long touted the notion that one doesn't have to be religious to be considered a "good" person.

It likely doesn't matter much to the atheists of the world that - of all people - Pope Francis is on their side.

Cambage flew into Tulsa International Airport around 6:15 p.m. after traveling nearly 9,000 miles from her native Australia.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church invites the community to join its monthly film group for a showing and discussion of "The Shoes of the Fisherman" Wednesday, June 5. The group will gather at 6 p.m. Participants are encourage to bring their own bag supper or snacks; coffee will be provided.

Rene Brulhart, director of the Financial Information Authority, an institution established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to monitor the monetary and commercial activities of Vatican agencies, and Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, meet the press at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to beatify assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero.

According to NESN , Celtics minority owner James Pallotta was at the Vatican on Wednesday and presented Pope Francis with a Celtics Jersey with "The Pope" and #1 on the back.

A Toronto councillor had a holy experience on Wednesday. It's no surprise that he was a few thousand miles from City Hall when it happened.

Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI.

SPIRITUAL COMFORT: Michael Blain, a retired Anglican priest who was an exorcist for the church, holds a stone carving of an African spirit.

The former Secretary to Cabinet under the erstwhile Mills administration, Sir James Bebaako Mensah, has been sworn into office as Ghana's first ever diplomatic envoy to the Vatican City.

Pope Francis was merely praying in a video that some claim shows him performing an exorcism on a Mexican pilgrim, the Vatican says.

"The struggle for power in the Church nothing new," Pope Francis told his congregation at a Mass in Domus Sanctae Marthae on May 21, referring to the Gospel account of disputes among the apostles over the question of who was greatest.

As the death toll rose from the massive tornado that struck near Oklahoma City May 20, Pope Francis offered a special prayer for the victims during his early morning Mass May 21, offered his condolences through his Twitter account and through a message to the city's archbishop.

Pope Francis appears to have performed an exorcism on a wheelchair-bound man whom believers in the practice claim was possessed by evil.

It was late October 1995 when renowned Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan performed at the Vatican wearing an elegant and sober black dress in a recital celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's ordination as a priest.

Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St.