Catholic Church

Pope Francis has blown out his birthday candle on an extra-long pizza at the Vatican to the delight of children.

French President Emmanuel Macron received the prestigious German Charlemagne Award for "his strong vision for a new Europe and the rediscovery of the European project," the France press reported, referring to the Aachen City Hall.

A Catholic priest based in Istanbul for the past 52 years has said he will be sad to leave the city, after he was appointed to Jerusalem.

A terrorist group linked to the Islamic State spread a poster showing a car pointing to the Basilica of Sts. Peter "in Rome and so warned of a bombing on Christmas Eve, British newspaper quoted the Catholic Herald as saying.

Pope Francis got the keys to a fancy new Lamborghini on yesterday - but he won’t be tooling around the Vatican gardens in it.

Pope Francis may have been given a Lamborghini, but he won't be driving it, reported The Local - Italy. 

The pontiff plans to auction his new Lamborghini Huracan - painted especially for him in papal gold and white - to raise money for charity.

Francis received the Italian supercar on Wednesday morning in a ceremony in Vatican City.

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

Pope Francis addressed the believers as well as bishops, priests and pilgrims calling for putting away smartphones in their pockets and no longer photograph during a liturgy, which he said was "not a spectacle," AFP reports.

Pope Francis has said the world is moving forcefully towards ever bigger wars, speaking at a Mass amid his push to prevent nuclear conflict.

Pope Francis acknowledged that he had fallen asleep as he prayed. He said, however, that this is one of the many ways to honor God's name, the press reported.

"I, too, when I pray, sometimes fall asleep," the Pope said with a smile in an interview with Italian Catholic television Tu Wu 2000.