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Belgian bishops and other church officials can not be held jointly and severally liable for the damage to victims of sexual abuse.

Christian,, commandment thou shalt not kill 'applies according to Pope Francis as good for the government. He pleaded Sunday for a worldwide abolition of the death penalty. A first step in that direction is what the leader of the Catholic Church concerning a moratorium on executions.

The criticism that Pope Francis on Thursday voiced Donald Trump, was a personal attack or a voting recommendation. That's spokesman Federico Lombardi Vatican said Friday.

Pope Francis has hard lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The church father believes that Trump is not a true Christian.

The Vatican denies that the relationship between the late Pope John Paul II and the Polish-American philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka more meaningful then had a friendship. The makers of a BBC documentary about a possible love affair between the two produce 'more smoke than fire,' a Vatican official told the British newspaper The Guardian.

The Catholic Church tells new bishops to report that it is not necessarily their task accusations of child abuse. Only the victims and their families should take the decision to return to the police.

A Portuguese in Britain was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for his involvement in defrauding the Dutch company Allseas. The 49-year-old Luis Nobre got to worry about the organization, according to the British police about 100 million euros for him.

Pope Francis and his counterpart Orthodox Patriarch Kirill speaking Friday in Cuba together next week. The historic meeting between the two Catholic leaders was announced Friday by the Vatican.

It seems that the Pope has computer problems. After last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Vatican went on the coffee, has now also been Apple CEO Tim Cook visited the Pope.

Who still doubts whether the (Catholic) church or moves with the times, has not reckoned with Pope Francis. The wildly popular Church Father has expressed his most progressive and modern side by blessing a child through... a smartphone!

Pope Francis on Sunday to keep all refugees in the world evoked hope and not lose the joy of living. The Catholic prelate said before the Angelus prayer, which seven people and refugees from thirty countries had gathered in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.

The Vatican on Thursday thousands homeless, refugees and former prisoners treated to a round circus. They were taken in buses to the suburbs of Rome and attended a show featuring knife throwers and white horses dancing to Latin music.

Pope Francis described the internet ever as a 'gift from God'. He also has the necessary critique of technology, and especially social media, because it vervreemend would work and lead to spiritual pollution.

Mother Teresa will be next September canonized by the Pope. For a canonization needed two miracles and the second by the Catholic sister performed miracle was recognized. This informs the official newspaper of Italian Catholic bishops, Avvenire, the Vatican recognizes the canonization.

From outside it looks like the St. Barbara Church in the Spanish Llanera in the province of Asturias, a very normal church of a hundred years old. Only is there no prayers inside, but young and hip exercise their 'ollies' on brightly colored halfpipes.

The Vatican should be much tougher action against people who have committed financial crimes on behalf of the bank of the church, such as money laundering. This is contained in the report by Moneyval, part of the Council of Europe.

The Italian police have about 3,500 fake charters with blessings from Pope Francis seized. The documents were sold to pilgrims in Rome, authorities said Monday.

A study in the Vatican for possible financial malpractice has led to a surprising discovery. Hidden in the office of a priest, behind an old canned Vienna sausages, investigators found $ 20,000 cash. That German media report Wednesday.

The famous St. Peter's Basilica in Rome looks dangerously beautiful. Visitors marvel at huge projections on the basilica including a lion, tiger and wolf. It is a temporary art project to celebrate the beginning of the Holy Year in Italy.

Pope Francis has called Tuesday opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. This is a special Holy Year of the Roman Catholic Church began that lasts until November 20, 2016.

The authorities in Rome have strict security measures announced for the opening of the so-called Holy Year, which begins Tuesday. The airspace above the Italian capital is closed and there is a ban promulgated on making films that contain weapons, even if they are false.

Police in Italy and Kosovo have arrested four terror suspects who might have their eye on the Vatican and the Pope. The Kosovars were explained, among other via the Internet that Francis " the last" pope would be.

Two Italian journalists continued Tuesday before a court of the Vatican to answer for revealing books they wrote about the Holy See. Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi relied on insider information about corruption and mismanagement worth tens of millions of euros in the Vatican.

Pope Francis fly Wednesday to Africa, where he touches three countries over six days. During his first visit to the African continent, he is a guest in Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. The trip will focus on two things: faith and the extensive security measures.

Rome and Milan have their security measures in the city considerably tightened after a warning from the US FBI investigation that terrorists have, inter alia, on St. Peter (Vatican City), the Duomo and La Scala Opera in Milan. The Italian news agency ANSA reported Thursday that the FBI colleagues in Italy has given Arab names of five suspects. The US Embassy calls compatriots in Italy to be vigilant.

The security in the Italian capital Rome has in recent days stepped up considerably. Following the attacks in Paris on Friday, the government deployed some seven hundred extra soldiers. They monitor among other entrances and exits of subway stations and ensure tighter controls on visitors to the Vatican.

Use God's name to justify violence, is sacrilege. That said Pope Francis Sunday. "I want to repeat forcefully that the path of violence and hatred not solve human problems," said the pope against thousands of pilgrims who had gathered in St. Peter 's Square for the Vatican.

The Italian government has measures against terrorism following the attacks in Paris tightened considerably. Include the number of police officers on the street that takes control, has increased significantly.

The Vatican has the series of attacks in Paris Saturday described as " terrorist insanity."