La Repubblica also quotes Francis as saying, “We must knock down the walls that divide."

“In our country, we need to start building bridges and bringing people together.”

“Lutherans and Catholics are on the way to greater unity," says Martin Marty.

Relations between the Holy See and Vietnam are moving ahead in a positive way.

Once grouped with the Irish and the Polish as a signally devout Catholic population, the citizens of Quebec are now quite the opposite.

'The Exercises are a means to an end, but not an end in themselves. We shouldn’t mystify them or turn them into a third testament.'