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Pope Francis gives a blessing during his Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15, at the Vatican.

Pope entrusts to Mary victims of disasters, conflict, social tension

VATICAN CITY – In a week in which natural disasters, war and racial conflicts dominated the headlines, Pope Francis prayed that Mary would bring peace to a divided world.

A still image taken from a video shows people gathering outside St. Philip Catholic Church following a deadly shooting by unknown gunmen Aug. 6 in Ozubulu, Nigeria. Pope Francis called for an end to violence against Christians following deadly attacks at St. Philip's and at a mission in Gambo, Central African Republic.

Pope prays for Christian victims of violent attacks in Africa

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called for an end to violence against Christians following deadly attacks in two African countries.
Pope Francis has given the Brothers of Charity Group, a Belgian religious order, until the end of August to stop offering euthanasia to psychiatric patients.

Pope orders Belgian religious order to stop euthanizing patients

MANCHESTER, England – Pope Francis has given a Belgian religious order until the end of August to stop offering euthanasia to psychiatric patients.
People gather inside St. Mary's Cathedral in 2011 in Yangon, Myanmar. Church sources say they expect Pope Francis to visit in late November.

Pope Francis planning to visit Myanmar, say unconfirmed reports

YANGON, Myanmar – Pope Francis is expected to focus on trying to improve the troubles of about a million ethnic Muslim Rohingya when he visits Myanmar the last week of November, reported ucanews.com.

Mauro Bertero Gutierrez, a member of the Order of Malta's Government Council, speaks about the institutional reform of the 900-year-old religious order. Bertero was interviewed Aug. 1 at the order's Magistral Palace in Rome.

Ancient order, modern times: Order of Malta focuses on renewal

ROME – For more than 900 years, the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta has seen its fair share of victories, defeats and institutional changes.

Filipino Jesuit Brother Richie Fernando, who was 26-year-old when he died protecting his students from a hand grenade in Cambodia, is on his road to sainthood thanks to a new beatification category created by Pope Francis in early July.

Filipino Jesuit on road to sainthood under Pope’s new beatification category

MANILA, Philippines – Brother Richie Fernando was a 26 year-old Jesuit seminarian from the Philippines when in 1996 he died protecting his Cambodian students from a hand grenade.

In a message celebrating the upcoming U.N. World Tourism Day Cardinal Peter Turkson says tourism needs to respect workers' rights, the local culture and the environment.

Tourism should benefit both travellers and local communities, Vatican says

VATICAN CITY – While tourism can broaden travellers' horizons and improve local economies, it cannot be seen as being part of "sustainable development" unless it includes respect for workers' rights, the local culture and the environment, said Cardinal Peter Turkson.

Pope Francis greets the crowd while arriving to celebrate Mass at the Church of St. Ignatius in Rome April 24, 2014. To mark the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Pope Francis visited his brother Jesuits at their General Curia house in Rome.

Pope marks feast of St. Ignatius by lunching with brother Jesuits

ROME, Italy – To mark Monday's feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, Pope Francis as usual visited his brother Jesuits at their General Curia house in Rome.

Dutch police search a Spanish truck at the border after nine immigrants were rescued from the freezer of the vehicle in early February in Hazeldonk, Netherlands. The truck driver was arrested as a suspect of human trafficking.

Pope leads prayers for victims of 'perverse plague' of trafficking

VATICAN CITY – Human trafficking is "brutal, savage and criminal," Pope Francis said, but often it seems like people see it as a sad, but normal fact of life.

The Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione in Santiago, Chile.

These nuns offer their blindness for the salvation of the world

SANTIAGO, Chile – This Aug. 15 will mark 90 years since the Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione were founded to offer something very particular for the salvation of the world: their blindness.

People are seen in front of the cathedral in Villavicencio, Colombia, in this 2012 file photo. Pope Francis will beatify Bishop Jesus Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve of Arauca and Father Pedro Ramirez Ramos in this city Sept. 8.

Colombian martyrs: witnesses to the point of death

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' decree to beatify two Colombian martyrs from two troubled eras in the South American country's history underscores his call for courageous witness amid violence and persecution.

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