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President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has canceled his visit to France in connection with the attacks in Paris. That the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced Saturday.

The Roman Catholic Church must put an end to his obsession for power and money. That Pope Francis said Tuesday during a speech to the Italian bishops in Tuscany. "I prefer a church that has been damaged and dirty because he has taken to the streets over a church of only on preserving its own security. "

Pope Francis is Monday for the second time in three days tripped, causing immediate speculation erupted about his health.

On the occasion of the visit of the Pope to Mexico next year will be built in the capital, a replica of the Sistine Chapel. The spitting image of the famous church in Rome will be placed at the main Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, said Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera.

Wake up! called CD of Pope Francis which was presented Thursday at the Vatican. Anyone interested in listening to speeches and sermons of the Catholic pastor can make a selection from late November on the shelves of music stores.

Financial researchers think the accountant department APSA of the Vatican in the past has been used by others for embezzlement on a large scale. They argue that in a report seen by Reuters.

Two members of a committee of Pope Francis have been arrested for leaking confidential information to the press.

The Vatican denies Pope Francis has a benign brain tumor. The Italian newspaper Quotidiano Nazionale unveiled Wednesday on its front page that the 78 -year-old pope secretly by helicopter to Tuscany flew to consult a Japanese doctor there.

The government of Rome fears that the Italian capital since the beginning of the Holy Year on December 8th goal of Islamic terror attacks will be. It is the first so-called jubilee year which the Catholic Church celebrates since the creation of Islamic state and that is why the big worry in the eternal city , writes the Italian daily La Repubblica on Monday.

Pope Francis declares Sunday for the first time in the history of the Roman Catholic Church a couple sacred. It's about the French couple Louis and Zelie Martin . The two lived in the 19th century and were the parents of the famous French saint, Saint Therese of Lisieux .

The Vatican has opened a shelter for the homeless. Gift of Mercy called the dormitory , which was inaugurated with a mass. It has informed the Vatican on Monday.