South Korea’s bishops on April 5 asked Pope Francis to act as a peace mediator amid the escalating nuclear tension in the Asian peninsula. “The dominant sentiment among the South Korean population isn’t so much fear, but concern and bitterness for the current situation,” said

Pope Francis said he wanted "to act decisively concerning cases of sexual abuse."

"There are going to be hard choices along the way," the president said.

This year's elections will be crucial to determining the country’s destiny, the bishops said.

Catholic greens had reason to sound exclamations of joy during the inaugural papal Mass.

The U.S. bishops called the proposed health regulations an "unjust and unlawful mandate."