“The gesture by the Holy Father strengthened me and reconciled me with the world,” said Lidia Maksymowicz, 80, a Polish woman of Belorussian descent who survived the concentration camp as a child.

Archbishop Roche has served Pope Francis well under two very different prefects at the congregation for divine worship.

The Trinity is not something that we perceive. It is the place where we dwell.

The back-and-forth messages follow an increasingly public debate among the bishops about Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal and whether they should be denied access to the Eucharist.

’Prayer is not a magic wand: It is a dialogue with the Lord.’

The priest has criticized Catholics who are Democrats, saying they must "repent" of their support for the party or "face the fires of hell."