Pope Francis will continue his custom of celebrating Holy Thursday Mass in a prison during Holy Week 2024.

Father Haig recalled a story told to him by family members about how at age 5 he had already declared that he wanted to be a Jesuit astrophysicist when he grew up.

The troubled Catholic outlet's fate was announced by a law firm representing a priest who had sued Church Militant for defamation.

In a speech read by an aide, Pope Francis told a group of grieving parents that the best response to grief is “to imitate the emotion and compassion of Jesus in the face of pain.”

A letter criticizing Pope Francis for promoting “ambiguities in matters of faith” and at the same time ruling the Catholic Church with an iron fist, is circulating in the Vatican.

The gifts of men and women are “fruitful” together, and to erase the difference between men and women “is to erase humanity,” Pope Francis said.