Pope: Myth that only money, success matter is ‘gangrene’ for nation
If families are not the priority of the present, there will be no future, Pope Francis said as he opened a meeting in Rome on Italy's chronic decline in population growth.
The church and the world need Catholic Scouts, pope says
Pope Francis told a group of young women and men that as Catholic Scouts they have a "noble mission" to witness to the Gospel with their faith, service and care of creation.
Israel’s Jewish-Arab cities, symbols of coexistence, face growing unrest
As Israel escalated its assault on Gaza May 14, the nation also faced growing civil unrest in its mixed Jewish-Arab cities, considered a symbol coexistence.
Atrocities still occurring in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, says priest
A priest from the Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray says killings, abductions and rape are still occurring in the region where a military offensive launched in November.
U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference
John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate, gave a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences at the Vatican May 14.
Pope names Jesuit educator bishop of Hong Kong
Pope Francis has named Jesuit Father Stephen Chow Sau-yan, a native of Hong Kong and provincial of the Jesuits' Chinese province, to be the new bishop of Hong Kong.
Keep focused on peace, unity, pope tells Myanmar Catholics
Celebrating a Mass for peace in Myanmar, Pope Francis urged the country's Catholics to "keep the faith."
Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children ‘unacceptable’
The injury and death of so many innocent people, especially children, caused by escalating violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip is "terrible and unacceptable," putting the area at risk of sinking into "a spiral of death and destruction," Pope Francis said.
‘Old habit’ of covering up abuse must stop everywhere, pope says
Abuse against a minor is a kind of "psychological murder" that can destroy the victim's childhood, Pope Francis told an Italian association active in the fight against child abuse and online child pornography.
High court to hear major abortion case from Mississippi in its next term
The U.S. Supreme Court said in a May 17 order that it will hear oral arguments during its next term on a 2018 Mississippi abortion law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
