Pope wraps up US tour with giant open-air mass
Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the final mass of his US tour with an enormous crowd in Philadelphia, after meeting victims of child sex abuse saying "God weeps" for their suffering.
Sep 28, 2015, 02:03 AM IST
Pope meets with sex-abuse victims, promises accountability
Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse on Sunday on the final day of his US visit and promised to hold accountable those responsible for the scandal in the church, delivering a powerful warning to American bishops accused of covering up for pedophile priests instead of reporting them to police.
Sep 27, 2015, 21:18 PM IST
Pope electrifies Philadelphia with advice on family, immigration
Pope Francis addressed a festival of families attended by tens of thousands of Catholics, offering a frank assessment of the difficulties of life and a prescription for love on the penultimate day
Sep 27, 2015, 09:08 AM IST
In Philadelphia, pope calls for defense of religious freedom
Pope Francis on Saturday called for a vigorous defense of religious freedom and urged ordinary Catholics, especially women, to help fortify the Church, as hundreds of thousands celebrated his visit to Philadelphia.
Sep 27, 2015, 03:33 AM IST
Pope Francis heads to Philadelphia on final leg of US tour
Pope Francis travels to Philadelphia on Saturday for the final leg of his wildly popular inaugural tour of the United States, to greet tens of thousands of Catholics at a family festival.
Sep 26, 2015, 11:02 AM IST
Pope compliments US House Speaker on his tie
Pope Francis liked the US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner`s tie and told him so at their meeting in Washington ahead of his address to the US Congress -- the first by a pontiff.
Sep 25, 2015, 17:07 PM IST
Pope leaves Rome for Cuba-US trip
Pope Francis left Rome on Saturday for Havana, where he will start his landmark trip to Cuba and the United States.
Sep 19, 2015, 15:12 PM IST
Unprecedented US security operation for Pope Francis
Next week's visit by Pope Francis presents an unprecedented security challenge to US authorities, particularly in New York where his heavy schedule coincides with 170 leaders descending on the United Nations.
Sep 15, 2015, 12:29 PM IST
US seeks to dismiss charges against China-born physicist
US prosecutors sought to drop wire fraud charges on Friday against a physicist at Temple University in Philadelphia, nearly four months after he was accused of sharing proprietary US technology with China.
Sep 12, 2015, 10:29 AM IST