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The United Nations Human Rights Council in session in 2012. Holy See's representative Archbishop Ivan Jurkovich reminded the council June 14 that mental health has a spiritual element.

Mental health has a spiritual element, Holy See reminds UN

GENEVA, Switzerland – The Holy See's representative to the United Nations appealed Wednesday to the Human Rights Council to couple psychological treatment with spiritual care.

In a book foreword to a work by Cardinal Peter Turkson, Pope Francis said corruption infects the world like a cance and the Church must combat it by working together with society, infusing it with mercy.

In book foreword, Pope Francis calls corruption a 'cancer'

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, in a foreword to a work by Cardinal Peter Turkson, has said corruption infects the world like a cancer, and the Church must combat it by working together with society, infusing it with mercy.

The Vatican released an online questionnaire June 14 ahead of the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018 to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world.

Vatican releases online questionnaire for youth ahead of synod

VATICAN CITY – To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world.

Pope Francis looks on during the ordination Mass for new priests in at the Vatican April 26, 2015. The Pope and his Council of Cardinals are pondering the possibility of allowing local bishops to decide on certain maters such as marriage or priestly ordination of permanent deacons.

Pope, cardinal advisers study 'healthy decentralization' proposals

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals discussed the possibility of allowing local bishops rather than the Vatican decide on certain matters, including the marriage or priestly ordination of permanent deacons.

In his message for the first World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis says that poverty requires action, not empty words.

Poverty requires action, not empty words, Pope says

VATICAN CITY – People cannot sit back and be indifferent or unresponsive to growing poverty in the world as a privileged minority accumulates "ostentatious wealth," Pope Francis said.

The Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, made a profit of 36 million euros (about $54 million) in 2016, according to its annual report.

Vatican bank reports $53 million profit in 2016

VATICAN CITY – The Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, made a profit of 36 million euros (about $53 million) in 2016, according to its annual report.

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva, says the failure to protect child migrants "are an insult to human dignity."

Vatican: Failure to protect child migrants an insult to human dignity

VATICAN CITY – Too often, national and international policies leave migrant children at the mercy of traffickers and sexual predators and are signs of a widespread failure to protect the innocent, a Vatican official said.

Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni, who was killed for the faith June 3, 2007 in Mosul, is seen with a group of young adults

Life of priest killed in Iraq for his faith documented in new book

ROME, Italy – When Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni was confronted by armed men after celebrating the Eucharist at his Chaldean Catholic parish in Mosul, they asked him why he was still there and why he hadn't closed the church as they had demanded.

The Polish bishops hold their plenary assembly in Zakopane, June 6, 2017.

Polish bishops see continuity between Francis and John Paul II’s teaching on family

KRAKOW, Poland – The pastoral care of families was one of the key areas of discussion for Poland's bishops in their latest plenary assembly, which focused on continuity between the teaching of St. John Paul II and Pope Francis.

Pope Francis in Rome June 3. Speaking with members, consulters and guests of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue June 9, the Pope said women's right to fully participate in society must be upheld.

Uphold a woman's right to contribute fully to society, Pope says

VATICAN CITY – The more women are involved in and contribute to communities, politics, economics and the church, the more positive changes will come about, Pope Francis said.

Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, speaks during a dialogue on minimizing and addressing ocean acidification June 6 at the U.N. Ocean Conference in New York City. The high-level conference, held June 5-9, coincided with World Oceans Day, observed June 8.

World ignores warming, pollution of oceans at own peril, say speakers at U.N.

UNITED NATIONS – If left unchecked, warming, pollution, and acidification of the world's oceans will have drastic socio-ecological consequences, particularly for people who depend on the water for their livelihoods, according to speakers at the June 5-9 Ocean Conference at the United Nations.

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