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The Catholic Church traditionally dedicates January to peace themes.

The investigation was launched months ago.

Philadelphia's mayor says it's a "joyous day." Michael Nutter says the upcoming visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia will be the largest event in the city's modern history.

The Mass of reconciliation at Seoul's main cathedral was the final event of a trip that showed how important it is for the church to make inroads in Asia.

The pope urged the international community to find a political solution "to stop these crimes."

Pope Francis has wrapped up his Holy Land trip with a Mass at what's believed to be the site of the Last Supper before Jesus's crucifixion.

Without the incentive to better one's financial position in life how does the Pope think wealth will be made to be 'redistributed'?

Benedict was sitting off to the side with other cardinals in St. Peter's Square during the rite at the start of Sunday's Mass. He and Francis briefly greeted one another after Francis arrived.

Francis says "The pope is a man who laughs, cries, sleeps calmly and has friends like everyone else. A normal person."

He said the church must find ways to help families with pastoral care that is "full of love."

He and his Administration seem to hold Christianity in such low regard why would he care to meet with Pope Francis?

The pope read aloud one of their banners: "The poor cannot wait."

Leaker Edward Snowden finished second as Time announced its choice on the "Today" show Wednesday.

Catholics around the globe are expressing mixed but mostly positive reactions to Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality and abortion. At churches over the weekend, the faithful spoke about how they believed Francis' comments would impact the Catholic Church...

Pope Francis has encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform abortions, issuing a strong pro-life message after blasting at the church's obsession with "small-minded rules" that are driving the faithful away.

Francis' remarks came today during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil.

Pope Francis on Saturday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach, and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful.

They'll gather in the huge basilica that holds up to 40,000 people and was built around the original statue of Brazil's patron saint and city's namesake, the dark-skinned Virgin of Aparecida.

Pope Francis has given the Catholic church hundreds of new saints as he led a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions.