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A Roma boy sits in the backyard of a house in Gyongyospata, Hungary, March 24.

Read encyclical on care for creation with 'open heart,' Pope asks world

VATICAN CITY - Appealing to the entire world, Pope Francis urged everyone to read his upcoming encyclical on the care of creation and to better protect a damaged earth.

A wooden figure of St. Francis of Assisi is perched in the yard of the energy-efficient straw-bale house built by a Catholic religious order in Ohio. Pope Francis’ second encyclical on the environment is called “Laudato Si” and is named after a St. Francis of Assisi prayer. Pope Francis calls everyone to be a steward of the Earth.

Vatican outraged by encyclical leak

The most anticipated papal encyclical in history has anticipated itself. What an angry Vatican spokesman called an “intermediate draft” of the letter from Pope Francis on the environment was leaked by an Italian magazine three days before its official launch.

Ottawa Auxiliary Bishop Christian Riesbeck will speak about his experience at a Companion of the Cross parish in Houston as part of two-week institute on the new evangelization.

The new evangelization depends on parish renewal

OTTAWA - Parish renewal is the key to the new evangelization and the survival of the Church, say organizers of the Summer Institute of New Evangelization.

In this March 3, 2008 photo, environmental workers collect sea samples after an oil spill at Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.

Pope Francis: ‘Let us modify our relationship with natural resources’

VATICAN CITY - People must change their lifestyles and attitudes to help defeat hunger, Pope Francis said June 11, a hint of what may be coming in his much-anticipated environmental encyclical next week.

A homeless woman sits with her belongings as she waits for a friend leaving the Vatican following a March 26 visit.

Pope Francis to open 30-bed homeless shelter a few steps from Vatican walls

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will open a homeless shelter on the edge of Vatican City, the latest move by the pontiff to help poor people in Rome.

Pope Francis gestures as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 10.

Pope OKs plan to investigate, judge bishops who fail to act on abuse

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has approved new procedures for the Vatican to investigate and judge claims of "abuse of office" by bishops who allegedly failed to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse.

The Vatican has released a new Arabic-language guidebook, the first of its kind, which aims to bring the culture of the Catholic Church to a new audience.

New Arabic-language Vatican guidebook aims to explain Catholic culture

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has released a new Arabic-language guidebook, the first of its kind, which aims to bring the culture of the Catholic Church to a new audience.

Pope Francis elevates the Eucharist during Mass outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome June 4. Pope Francis reminded the work of mission societies belongs to Jesus and reducing a group to functionalism will lead to ruin.

Pope Francis warns mission societies against becoming NGOs

VATICAN CITY - The mission-oriented agencies of the Church must guard against operating like nongovernmental organizations, empty of Christ's presence, Pope Francis said.

The Shroud of Turin is displayed during a preview for journalists at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, April 18. A public exposition of the shroud, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus, runs from April 19 through June 24, 2015.

Pope helps homeless, poor in Rome make pilgrimage to Shroud of Turin

VATICAN CITY - With financial assistance from Pope Francis, a Rome parish led 50 homeless and poor people on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin June 4 and has provided the money needed for another Rome parish to do the same a week later.

Pueblo Indian Sister Mary Rosita Shiosee brings Communion to Aurelia Synella in Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Oct. 30, 2014.

More Catholics, fewer receiving sacraments: New report maps changing Church

A new report mapping the Catholic Church’s more than 1.2 billion souls — on track to reach 1.64 billion by 2050 — holds some surprises.

And not all bode well for the Church’s future as it faces major demographic and social shifts.

Australian Cardinal George Pell leaves the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2014.

Vatican defends Australian cardinal against charges he disregarded pedophile priests

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican threw its support behind its financial chief, Cardinal George Pell, on Monday (June 1), after he was accused of being “almost sociopathic” in his handling of clergy sex abuse by a leading member of a papal commission dedicated to tackling the issue.

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