“Church leaders in Australia took a long time to sit down with victims. Some still don’t.”

The pope told the participants that his first reaction to hearing about "this praiseworthy initiative" was one of gratitude to God.

We must ask ourselves, what do I feel when I see on the news that a bomb has fallen on a hospital and lots of poor children have been killed? Do I just say a prayer and go on my way like before?

Sean Salai, S.J., interviews canon lawyer Kurt Martens.

Bishop Thomas Tobin, who has previously criticized Francis, posted a Facebook message entitled "Three Reasons Not to Give to Panhandlers" on Tuesday.

Pope Francis made headlines with the canonization of two children, but his adoration cannot match that of St. John Paul II.