The multifaceted aspects of the Holy Roman Catholic Church have given it an incredible mystic as well as lustre that many have, for thousands of years, found to be complex, complicated and intriguing.

Pope Francis has outlawed the sale of cigarettes at the Vatican in a bid to lead by example on healthy living.

Pope Francis on Wednesday chastised priests and bishops who take pictures with their cell phones during mass, saying they should focus on God instead.

 Pope Francis is spending All Souls’ Day, the Catholic day of remembrance for the dead, celebrating Mass in a U.S. cemetery for World War II soldiers and visiting the site of a Nazi massacre of civilians.

The brother of Benedict XVI, Georg Ratzinger, has denied reports that the pope emeritus is seriously ill.

Pope Francis is praying for the “eternal rest’’ of slain Maltese journalist, Daphne Galizia, and offered his sympathy to her family, the Vatican said on Friday.

 Pope Francis implicitly criticized the United States on Monday for pulling out of the Paris agreement on climate change, praising it as a means to control the devastating effects of global warming.

The pope has racked up 40 million followers on Twitter, the Vatican said on Wednesday, underlining the Catholic leader’s status as one of the world’s biggest social media players.

 German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, held his first meeting with Pope Francis on Monday since taking over the largely ceremonial post, with migration and refugees on the agenda.

Pope Francis speaking at a conference in Rome on Friday urged the executives of leading internet companies to use “their great profits” to defend children from sexual exploitation and other dangers lurking online.

Following the plan by the organised labour to embark on an indefinite strike over backlog of unpaid salaries in Benue state, the Majority Leader of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Benjamin Adanyi has appealed to workers to jettison the action saying that “with the present economic realities even a Pope or Bishop may not be able to pay salaries in Benue.”

Pope Francis has come under sever attack by dozen conservative Catholic scholars and the clergy for allegedly supporting practices outside the Catholic doctrine.

The Vatican’s former auditor general, who resigned without explanation in June, said Sunday he was forced out after his investigations into possible illegal activity hit too close to home.

Pope Francis prayed Sunday for a peaceful end to Venezuela’s “grave crisis” which has left scores dead, as he wrapped up a tour to support peace in neighboring Colombia.

Pope France said Thursday he was “deeply moved” by the deaths and damage caused by storm Harvey in Texas and Louisiana.