Nicholas and Irene suffered martyrdom by the Turks on the island of Lesvos, Greece, on Bright Tuesday (April 9, 1463) after the fall of Constantinople. St Raphael was the Abbot of Karyes near the ...

Sirens of Lesbos first made a name for themselves in 2018 with their reggae-infused single ‘We'll Be Fine’. From October 2023 to September 2024, the band embarked on a European tour with stops ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, advocated for the rights of migrants, the LGBTQ+ community and criticised a “structurally perverse” global economic system that ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 at 7:35 a.m. local time Monday, the Vatican said, ending a historic chapter — and setting in motion a carefully orchestrated transition aimed at ensuring the ...

In a 2016 visit to Lesbos, Greece, he told displaced families “you are not alone.” He took 12 refugees, including six children, back to Rome with him. Roughly 5 million refugees and ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis, who sought to be a bridge maker as he led the Catholic Church in a time of deep polarization, died at 7:35 a.m. on Monday (April 21), at the age of 88, a day ...

He prayed for dead migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2016 and brought 12 Syrian Muslims to Rome on his plane after visiting a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece. His plea for welcome put him at ...

He visits a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and brings Muslim refugees to Italy. In 2018, Francis had infuriated clergy-abuse victims by downplaying their concerns; in the film ...