Pope Francis

‘May his example as a man of faith illuminate all leaders ' said Pope Francis of Baudouin when he announced plans for Baudoin's beatification in September pointing to the late King's 1990 refusal to sign a law decriminalising abortion which prompted a constitutional crisis in Brussels...

For her pièce de resistance and to upset the geopolitical aims of the summit she invited Pope Francis as guest of honour personally meeting him from his helicopter and walking alongside his wheelchair into the summit plenary...

The visit of Pope Francis on 5-6 September which brought a mood of jubilation to the country has also rubbed off well on Nyusi ahead of the polls...

The meeting was capped by the stunning spectacle of Pope Francis lowering himself to kiss each of their feet and plead with them to deliver peace...

In 2017 Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby made plans to visit Juba together to appeal for peace but they quietly cancelled them...

When Pope Francis lands in Nairobi on his first visit to Africa on 25-30 November it will doubtless be heralded as yet another foreign policy triumph for President Uhuru Kenyatta...

There is no evidence that at any point Pope Francis himself was involved but the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi and the Archbishop of Ouagadougou Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo certainly were...

Pope Francis received Sall last November...

President Paul Biya saw Pope Francis on 18 October to re-affirm Biya's officials said ‘the longstanding perfect communion between Yaoundé and Rome'...