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Pope Francis greets Astrid Kaptijn, a professor of canon law and president of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, Sept. 19, 2019, during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Canon law 'an essential dimension' to ecumenism

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VATICAN CITY -- The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches' lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis greets band members during an audience with members of the Italian Prison Police in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. The pope told prison guards, chaplains and officials that life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole are not the solution but a problem to be solved.

Pope Francis: Life without parole is no solution to crime

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VATICAN CITY -- Sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole is "not the solution to problems, but a problem to solve," Pope Francis told Italian prison guards, prison chaplains and officials from the Ministry of Justice.

Pope Francis greets bishops from Eastern Catholic churches during a meeting at the Vatican Sept. 14, 2019. Meeting some 40 bishops serving in Europe, the pope praised them for their fidelity to Rome and encouraged them to be more active in seeking Christian unity.

Pope Francis urges Eastern Catholic bishops to promote ecumenism

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VATICAN CITY -- Praising the fidelity of Eastern Catholics, Pope Francis also urged them to be more active in the search for Christian unity, especially unity with their Orthodox counterparts.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople prays before a reliquary containing bone shards that are believed to belong to St. Peter June 30, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey. Pope Francis gave the reliquary, commissioned by St. Paul VI, to the patriarch.

Pope Francis explains giving St. Peter's relics to Orthodox

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said giving fragments of St. Peter's bones to the head of the church founded by Peter's brother, St. Andrew, was meant to be a reminder and encouragement of the journey toward Christian unity.

Pope Francis is flanked by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Sept. 12, 2019, during an audience with bishops who were ordained over the past year and were attending a course sponsored by the two congregations.

Get ready to get dirty, Pope Francis tells new bishops

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VATICAN CITY -- New bishops need to prepare for a life filled with God's surprises, with daily plans that change at the last minute and, especially, for a life dedicated to spending time with God and with the people, Pope Francis said.

Marion Carroll, whose unexplained 1989 cure has been formally recognized as a miracle at Ireland's Marian shrine in Knock, is pictured in this Sept. 2 photo.

Miraculous cure of woman at Knock in 1989 confirmed

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DUBLIN -- The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis experienced a complete healing of all her symptoms at Knock shrine in September 1989.

Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with doctors, patients and members of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology at the Vatican Sept. 2, 2019.

Euthanasia reduces people to 'things', Pope Francis says

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VATICAN CITY -- Medical advancements do not help if they treat people as objects or when they are applied only to those people who are not considered a burden and "deserve" to be helped, Pope Francis said.

Blessed John Henry Newman is seen in a portrait provided by the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

Newman left deep impression on cardinal

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Among the invited bishops and cardinals present and praying at the Oct. 13 canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman will be perhaps his biggest Canadian fan, Toronto Archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Anti-extradition bill protesters hold placards for arriving travelers during a protest at Hong Kong International Airport Aug. 9, 2019. More than 1,000 Catholics prayed during a candlelight vigil outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Aug. 8 for Hong Kong to solve its political crisis in a nonviolent manner.

Why should Catholics care about the Hong Kong protests?

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HONG KONG, China (CNA) -- The people of Hong Kong are no strangers to political protest.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI attends the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. 8, 2015, file photo.

Benedict XVI responds to criticism of his essay on abuse in the Church

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FREIBURG, Germany -- Responding to criticism of notes he published about the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, retired Pope Benedict XVI said the fact that the critiques barely mentioned God proved his point.

Pope Francis and Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, are seen in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 4, 2019. Pope Francis welcomed Abu Dhabi's formation of an international committee to implement the "Document for Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together," which he and Sheik el-Tayeb signed in the country in February.

Pope Francis encourages initiative for interreligious dialogue

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VATICAN CITY -- At a time when conflict and division dominate the world's headlines, people need to know there are a growing number of important initiatives to promote interreligious dialogue and understanding, Pope Francis said.

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