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Faith

Pope Francis

Pope: New attitude of 'evangelical service' must take hold at Vatican

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis told his new economic oversight council that it must be "courageous and determined" in its critical role of helping the Church not waver from its real mission of bringing the Gospel to the world and helping those most in need.

Members of the U.S.-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP hold portraits of themselves as youths as they address the media during a protest outside St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland in this picture dated Sept. 15 2010. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, which represents 18,000 victims, said that hundreds of children and adults were still being “sexually violated, tortured and assaulted” by Catholic priests.

Don’t equate sexual abuse of minors with torture, Vatican tells UN

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VATICAN CITY - As Vatican representatives prepare to testify before a United Nations inquiry into torture next week, a senior official warned investigators that it would be “deceptive” to link torture with the pedophilia scandals that have swept the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec is one of three cardinals appointed by Pope Francis to try to resolve a long-standing dispute with a Peruvian university and see if it would be possible to restore the university's designation as "pontifical" and "Catholic."

Pope asks cardinals to try to resolve conflict with Peruvian university

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has appointed three cardinals, including Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec, to try to resolve a long-standing dispute with a Peruvian university and see if it would be possible to restore the university's designation as "pontifical" and "Catholic."

Vatican says bureaucratic reforms won’t happen until 2015

Vatican says bureaucratic reforms won’t happen until 2015

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis and his council of eight cardinals are unlikely to complete a radical shakeup of the Holy See’s administration, or Curia, before 2015, the Vatican said Tuesday (April 29).

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict says predecessor's faith, courage were signs of holiness

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VATICAN CITY - Blessed John Paul II's deep spirituality and his courage to uphold the truth were clear signs of his sainthood, said his successor, retired Pope Benedict XVI.

Rome official: Retired pope to attend canonizations; spokesman cautious

Rome official: Retired pope to attend canonizations; spokesman cautious

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VATICAN CITY - Retired Pope Benedict XVI is expected to attend the canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II April 27, said Msgr. Liberio Andreatta, head of the Vatican-related pilgrim agency, Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi.

Vatican: Pope didn't change church teaching in call to Argentine woman

Vatican: Pope didn't change church teaching in call to Argentine woman

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VATICAN CITY - Reports that Pope Francis told an Argentine woman civilly married to a divorced man that she can receive Communion "cannot be confirmed as reliable," said Jesuit Father Federico, the Vatican spokesman.

People pray at the tomb of Blessed John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Every day, countless pilgrims leave letters and notes addressed to him.

Letters left at John Paul's tomb show pilgrims see him as friend

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VATICAN CITY - Every day, countless visitors to the tomb of Blessed John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica leave letters and notes addressed to him.

Workers erect a media platform outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 22 in preparation for the April 27 canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II.

Holy Fathers: Is being pope a shortcut to sainthood?

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VATICAN CITY - "They call me Holy Father and that is what I must be," the future St. John XXIII wrote in his diary.

Jesus wants everyone to serve others with love, Pope Francis says

Jesus wants everyone to serve others with love, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN CITY - In the humble act of washing his disciples' feet, Jesus is showing all Christians how he wants them to serve others with love, Pope Francis said.

Jesus dies on the cross in this image from the Stations of the Cross booklet to be used at Rome's Colosseum April 18. The plight of sexually abused children, victims of domestic violence, prisoners, the abandoned elderly, the unemployed and immigrants wi ll be given a voice in this year's Stations of the Cross presided over by Pope Francis.

Pope to remember abused, violated in Station of the Cross

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VATICAN CITY - The often silent plight of sexually abused children, victims of domestic violence, prisoners, the abandoned elderly, the unemployed and immigrants facing hostility will be given a powerful voice during the Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum.

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