Pope Francis said the women he appointed to the Vatican have shown they can be better managers than men and that there is too much machismo in the Roman Catholic Church and society in general

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in South Sudan with Pope Francis on a 'peace pilgrimage', have called directly on leaders to seek peace

An international conference on women's contribution to interreligious dialogue, entitled 'Women Build a Culture of Interreligious Encounter', is being held in Rome this week

Twenty students attended their first day of classes on Monday at the Fabric of Saint Peter as part of the new "School of Arts and Crafts" launched by the Vatican to offer technical training to future stonemasons, carpenters and marble craftsmen

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died yesterday at the age of 95