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FAITH/STORIES

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, is pictured in Rome during a CNS interview Feb. 25.

Vatican envoys risk their lives to end 'World War III,' archbishop says

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VATICAN CITY - Even in the midst of bombings, Vatican ambassadors stay put, risking their lives while working to end what Pope Francis has termed a "piecemeal" World War III, said the Vatican minister of foreign affairs.

Fr. Michael McGourty, pastor of Toronto’s St. Peter’s parish, shows where the altar stone he found would have been placed to celebrate Mass before the Second Vatican Council changed the rules.

Long forgotten altar stone a relic of Church’s past

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TORONTO - Finding a portable altar stone containing first class relics among the forgotten items in the basement of the Paulist Centre for Catholic Evangelization caught Fr. Michael McGourty by surprise.

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve

Pope's Via Crucis meditations will look at crosses humanity bears today

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VATICAN CITY - By reflecting on the Passion of Christ, the author of the Way of the Cross meditations for Pope Francis' Good Friday service said he will focus on the suffering unfolding in the world today and how "the martyrs of the 21st century are undoubtedly the apostles of today."

Fresh start: Pope calls for integration of divorced into Church life

Fresh start: Pope calls for integration of divorced into Church life

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VATICAN CITY - Those who hope Pope Francis will give divorced and civilly remarried Catholics a blanket welcome back to Communion and those who fear he will open the doors to such a possibility are both likely to be disappointed by his decision.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump

Nun, Methodist bishop blast Trump for using faith as a ‘ploy to grab votes’

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump convincingly won the Nevada caucuses but is still struggling in what might be called “the Pope Francis primary.”

In this 2013 file photo, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church is seen in Bialy Bor, Poland.

Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church consoled by Pope's words

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ROME - The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said he was consoled by Pope Francis' words of understanding and tenderness after he expressed the disappointment of Ukrainians with a joint declaration signed by the Pope and the Russian Orthodox patriarch.

silhouette of Pope Francis is seen in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 20. For a Christian, talk is cheap; the faith requires concretely doing God's will and serving the least as well as those around you, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass Feb. 23.

Pope: Being Christian is doing God's will, not just talking the talk

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VATICAN CITY - For a Christian, talk is cheap; the faith requires concretely doing God's will and serving the least as well as those around you, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass.

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass for members of the Roman Curia and Vatican staff in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 22. The Mass was a special event of the Holy Year of Mercy.

Don't neglect, mistreat those who come to you, Pope tells Roman Curia

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VATICAN CITY - Let no one feel ignored or mistreated when they encounter a member of the Roman Curia or staff working at the Vatican, Pope Francis said.

The shackled feet of a bombing suspect in Bangkok, Thailand, are seen as he is escorted by officers and prison personnel to Military Court Feb. 16. Pope Francis asks world leaders for a Jubilee Year moratorium on the death penalty.

Pope calls for jubilee moratorium on death penalty

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy and said the fifth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," applies not only to the innocent but to the guilty as well.

Pope Francis embraces Rodrigo Lopez Miranda, 5, as he visits the Federico Gomez Children's Hospital of Mexico in Mexico City Feb. 14. At left is Mexico's first lady Angelica Rivera.

Being human: Pope Francis delights many, frustrates some

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VATICAN CITY - The Pope is human. Pope Francis demonstrated that in Mexico, as he does wherever he goes, and most people find it attractive most of the time.

In this Oct. 20, 2014, file photo, cardinals gather in the Synod Hall at the Vatican. Church experts say synods should get more input from lay faithful.

Synods should get more input from lay faithful, church experts say

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VATICAN CITY - An assembly of bishops at the Vatican should have more input from the lay faithful, said church experts attending a seminar hosted by the head of the Synod of Bishops.

In this Dec. 29, 2013, file photo, Egyptian students look out the windows of a faculty building at Cairo's al-Azhar University one day after student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood set it on fire in Cairo, Egypt. The Vatican's interreligious council invited Ahmad el-Tayeb, the grand imam of al-Azhar University, to travel to the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis.

Vatican invites head of al-Azhar to meet with pope to restart dialogue

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's interreligious council invited the head of a leading Muslim institution to meet with Pope Francis as part of an effort to restart dialogue.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali died Feb. 16 at a hospital in the Egyptian city of Giza at age 93. He is pictured in a 1993 photo.

Pope praises former U.N. secretary-general's generous service to world

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis praised the "generous service" of the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and offered his condolences and prayers in the wake of his death.

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