In his annual Christmas message, Pope Francis urged the world to "silence the sound of arms" and find reconciliation, "even (with) our enemies." Pope Francis delivered his annual Christmas message ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will deliver his Sunday blessing from indoors, the Vatican said, announcing the precautions ahead of a busy Christmas period and launch of ...

Two attempts to assassinate Pope Francis when he made a historic visit to northern Iraq were foiled by British spies and police inside the country, Francis has revealed in his new autobiography.

Pope Francis attended a prayer service in Mosul's Old City during the visit A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence ...

Pope Francis has claimed a plot to assassinate him during a 2021 visit to Iraq involving two suicide bombers was foiled thanks to the intervention of British intelligence and Iraqi security forces.

Pope Francis has revealed that there were two assassination attempts on his life. Francis, who turns 88 today (17 December), revealed the details of the attack in his autobiography. The attempts were ...

Enoch Burke’s father Seán could join his son behind bars in Mountjoy Prison over Christmas after being jailed for assaulting a female garda. Seán Burke will spend two months in prison after he ...

Pope Francis’ upcoming autobiography, “Hope,” details two attempts on his life in 2021 during a historic trip to Iraq. According to Politico’s translation of excerpts from “Hope,” which were published ...

Security forces thwarted a pair of assassination attempts against Pope Francis — including a suicide bomber — during his March 2021 visit to Iraq, the pontiff shared in his new memoir.

The first-ever Iraq visit by a pope could've ended disastrously, but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me ...