From a vaccination clinic in the atrium of the Vatican audience hall to a visit to the ancient Iraqi city of Ur, Pope Francis demonstrated throughout 2021 what he means by seeing all people as brothers or sisters.

In oral arguments that took nearly two hours, several of the justices found fault with the state’s decision process in determining just how religious a school was to decide if it could participate or not.

The long-planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being postponed while everybody learns more about the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who has advised Catholics to get the vaccine against Covid-19, revealed this week that he has not yet been vaccinated himself and offered explanations that may confuse the issue for some of his flock.

The newly installed Catholic bishop of Hong Kong promised action to heal Catholics and the wider society, divided because of the Chinese action to suppress a two-year-long protest seeking democratic freedoms.

The plan could result in the possible shutdown of churches and schools as the archdiocese responds to a decline in the number of priests and a shift in parishioners.