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Pope Francis sits with women rescued from prostitution and their supporters at the Pope John XXIII Community in Rome Aug.12, 2016. The pope wrote about his visit to the community in the prologue of a new book, titled, "Crucified Women," and said prostitution was "a disgusting vice that confuses making love with venting out one's instincts by torturing a defenseless woman."

Pope Francis: Prostitution is 'disgusting vice'

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VATICAN CITY -- Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said.

The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of British missionary John Bradburne, a lay member of the Order of St. Francis. The cause will formally open Sept. 5, the 40th anniversary of his death. He is pictured in an undated photo.

Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5

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MANCHESTER, England -- The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of a British missionary murdered after he refused to abandon his ministry to people with Hansen's disease during the country's civil war.

Pope Francis.

Pope Francis calls for 'apostolate of prevention' to protect minors

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VATICAN CITY -- Prevention is key in protecting minors from abuse, Pope Francis said.

This interior view of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module shows astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot, during the lunar landing mission July 20, 1969. This picture was taken by astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander.

Astronauts found God in space

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I didn't realize there was a moon-landing Bible verse until my pastor mentioned it a few weeks ago.

Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed U.S. flag during an Apollo 11 extra-vehicular activity on the lunar surface July 20, 1969.

Moon landing inspired a country and a career in aerospace engineering

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Retired Maj. Gen. Mike Wiedemer was an aerospace engineering and ROTC student at the University of Notre Dame in July 1969 when Apollo 11 launched and Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" by becoming the first man to walk on the moon.

Children jump from a rickety bridge into a river near Anapu, in Brazil's northern Para state. This area was forest land until recent decades, when the expansion of the agrarian frontier led to the steady destruction of this part of the Amazon's rain forest.

Synod emphasizes church's mission to defend the vulnerable, cardinal says

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VATICAN CITY -- The objective of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is to highlight the need for religious, political and social leaders to come together and defend the dignity of indigenous men, women and children and an ecosystem that is crucial to the environment, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo.

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, then-prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is pictured before Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Nov. 19, 2014, file photo.

Full text of Cardinal Müller's analysis on the working document of the Amazon synod

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VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 and 2017, presented an analysis with a series of objections and criticisms of the Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, of the Synod on the Amazon, to be held in Rome in October.

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, then-prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, attends a Vatican news conference in this Oct. 25, 2016, file photo.

Cardinal Müller releases statement criticizing Amazon synod document

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VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- That the working document for October’s Synod of Bishops calls the Amazon region a source of revelation is a “false teaching,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller said Tuesday.

People demonstrate in Paris July 10, 2019, in support of Vincent Lambert, who suffered serious brain damage and had been in a deep vegetative state for more than a decade. "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration.

Pope Francis mourns death of Vincent Lambert after doctors withhold care

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VATICAN CITY -- "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration.

Pope Francis greets a woman and child during a July 8, 2019, Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican commemorating the sixth anniversary of his visit to the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

Pope Francis: Migrants are people, not just a social issue

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VATICAN CITY -- Christians are called to follow the spirit of the beatitudes by comforting the poor and the oppressed, especially migrants and refugees who are rejected, exploited and left to die, Pope Francis said.

With "overwhelming joy," Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced July 6, 2019, that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Archbishop Sheen is pictured in an undated photo.

Miracle confirmed in Fulton Sheen cause for beatification

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PEORIA, Ill. -- With "overwhelming joy," Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced July 6 that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

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