Pope Francis and Cuba 39 s President Raul Castro conversed together alone in a very cordial way for 55 minutes an unusually long time given that they didn 39 t need interpreters nbsp quot Bienvenido quot Francis said as he welcomed the President on his arrival Castro responded quot Th

The Vatican has published the Statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors This is another important step in the wide-ranging effort by Pope Francis to ensure total protection for every child and minor in all institutions of the Catholic Church worldwide and to prevent the s

Catholic Relief Services continues efforts to respond to Nepal's devastating earthquake.

Absolutely nobody saw that coming Pundits pollsters and commentators all got it comprehensively wrong Even the senior politicians could not believe what they were seeing and not one of them dared to claim they had predicted this At precisely one second after 10 p m when the polls closed the d

'We are having the wrong debate.'

On a blustery sunny Wednesday afternoon here in London on the last day of what has been by UK standards a long General Election campaign no clear winner is evident Polls suggest a slight edge for the incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron rsquo s Conservatives but not enough for an outright win