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BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will pay a one-day official visit to the Vatican on Friday and convey to Pope Francis certain positions of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) which are of mutual interest, the president's media relations office said in a release.

During his traditional Easter Sunday message to people all over the world, Pope Francis called for peace and tolerance.

He pleaded for peace especially in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as quoted by the BBC.

Pope Francis's decision to appoint a Chilean bishop suspected of protecting a pedophile priest has alarmed the Vatican's own child protection watchdog Pope Francis's decision to appoint a Chilean bishop suspected of protecting a pedophile priest has alarmed the Vatican's own child protection watchdog, its members told AFP.

US President Barack Obama will host Pope Francis at the White House on September 23, accepting an invitation extended during talks at the Vatican last year.
      
The White House said the president and the pope will continue a dialogue about poverty, the environment, immigration and promoting religious freedom.
      

Weeks ahead of the eagerly-expected arrival of Pope Francis in Sarajevo, Bosnia's Roman Catholic Primate, Cardinal Archbishop Vinko Puljic, has revealed the first official organizational details.

During his visit to the Bosnian capital on June 6, Pope Francis is scheduled to hold an open air mass and meet political leaders.

The head of the Vatican’s security forces believes ISIS is a threat to the primate of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis.

According to the Catholic website “Crux”, Domenico Gianni referred to a “visible threat” on the Pope’s life by ISIS, while he stated that the Vatican’s security force does not have knowledge of a specific plan.

A million worshippers packed the Colombo seafront to greet Pope Francis as he canonised Sri Lanka's first saint on Jan. 14, in the biggest public celebration the city has ever witnessed.
      

At a time of strained relations between Muslims and majority communities in Europe, the Roman Pontiff has singled out Albania as a country where different faiths coexist more happily.

Pope Francis on Jan. 4 named 20 new cardinals, a majority of them from Africa, Asia and Latin America, increasingly key areas as the Roman Catholic Church's support shifts from its traditional European stronghold.
      

The Vatican's top administrators would have been expecting an exchange of pleasantries at their annual Christmas meeting with Pope Francis on Dec. 22.