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Since 2014, when STREAM – the Catholic extension of STEM, the integration of science, technology, engineering and math into every aspect of learning to provide a more well-rounded student – was introduced, the initiative has been taking Catholic students to the next level in their education.

Pope Francis said he wants LGBT Catholics to know that God is a father who "does not disown any of his children."

The study and celebration of the liturgy should lead to a sense of awe before God, a commitment to mission and a growing unity within the church, not tensions and squabbles, Pope Francis said.

Christians must listen to God's word, go where Christ goes, seek those who are lost and reach out to their neighbors, Pope Francis said.

Fathers have been given secondary status for a long time in their contributions in making and keeping families stable.

Doing nothing to overcome the divisions among Christians means allowing tensions to fester and even feed conflict, Pope Francis said.

Taking the stand for a second time at his Vatican trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu spent more than two hours reading a statement in which he claimed accusations of financial impropriety were an attempt to stain his reputation.

Pope Francis' secretary of state reaffirmed the pope's offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond.

Jeff Ferguson was ready. Although still holding out hope for a commutation of his death sentence, he had long accepted that his time was coming, probably sooner than later.

Meeting with superiors general of women's religious orders, Pope Francis arrived in a wheelchair -- the first time he has used one publicly at the Vatican.