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Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke confirmed May 30 that Pope Francis will not be travelling to South Sudan in 2017. The Pope had previously indicated his hope to travel to the war-torn country to promote peace, after making a similar effort during his 2015 visit to the Central African Republic.

Vatican: Pope won't be visiting South Sudan in 2017

VATICAN CITY – Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirmed that while Pope Francis had voiced his desire to travel to South Sudan for an ecumenical visit alongside Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, it won’t be happening this year.

Pope Francis sings during an encounter with more than 50,000 Catholic charismatics at the Olympic Stadium in Rome June 1, 2014.

One in the Spirit: Catholics, Pentecostals celebrate Pentecost with Pope

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' very public friendship with and overtures to Pentecostal and evangelical leaders is a high-profile reflection of a relationship that already existed at the grass roots between Catholic charismatics and some of their Spirit-filled neighbours, leaders of the renewal said.

Pope Francis and Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm ride in a golf cart as the pope greets the crowd before celebrating Mass in Malmo, Sweden, in this Nov. 1, 2016, file photo. Bishop Arborelius is among five new cardinals who will be created by the pope at a June 28 consistory.

Geography and geometry: New cardinals fit Pope's formula for faith

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who described himself as coming from "the ends of the earth," continues to go to the far reaches of the globe to seek those who will advise him and possibly elect the next Pope.

A long exposure at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope in southeastern Arizona in 2014.

Vatican stargazers look for divine inspiration

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – In a forgotten corner of the pope's sprawling summer estate at Castel Gandolfo in the hills outside Rome, an unusual group of astronomers and cosmologists looks to the heavens for divine inspiration.

Archbishop Juan Jose Omella of Barcelona, Spain, pictured in a 2016 photo, is one of five new cardinals Pope Francis will create at a June 28 consistory.

Appointment not about career, but service, Spain's cardinal-designate says

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal-designate Juan Jose Omella of Barcelona, Spain, said his appointment isn't a job promotion but a call to be more like Jesus, who came to serve the poor and marginalized.

Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm, pictured in a May 21 photo, is one of five new cardinals Pope Francis will create at a June 28 consistory.

Pope will elevate Sweden's sole bishop to College of Cardinals

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal-designate Anders Arborelius of Stockholm is Sweden's only Catholic bishop and the first native Swede to hold the post since the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.

Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez of Bogota said the Pope’s message will be relevant for all Latin American countries when he visits Colombia in September.

Pope's visit to Colombia will impact all of Latin America, says cardinal

ROME, Italy – Pope Francis is headed to Colombia this summer, and one of the nation's leading bishops believes the visit will be a chance for progress for many countries in the region.

Bishop Angelo De Donatis is seen during his ordination Mass as an auxiliary bishop of Rome in 2015. Pope Francis appointed him his vicar of Rome May 26, which automatically makes him an archbishop.

Pope names Rome auxiliary bishop to be his vicar for the city

VATICAN CITY – As his vicar for the Diocese of Rome, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, an auxiliary bishop and well-known spiritual director, who led Pope Francis' first Lenten retreat as pope.

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, seen here in 2016, spoke at a a panel on human-made crises as drivers of migration May 22.

Vatican's U.N. official: Migration should be a choice, not 'something forced'

UNITED NATIONS – Migration should be "a choice rather than something forced or involuntary," said Philippine Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations.

Pope Francis greets U.S. President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican May 24.

Trump promises to heed words of Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump spent 30 minutes speaking privately in the library of the Apostolic Palace May 24, and as the president left, he told the Pope, "I won't forget what you said."

Pope Francis greets Swedish Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm in 2016 at the Vatican. Cardinal-designate Arborelius is one of five new cardinals the pope will create at a June 28 consistory.

Pope announces new cardinals from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos, Salvador

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis announced he will create five new cardinals June 28; the new cardinals-designate come from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos and El Salvador.

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