The exhortation is, above all, a practical guide.

Francis showed us how to risk simply embracing the hurting world. No explaining, just loving.

A prophetic pro-life stance "has no limits," while an "ideological approach" zeroes in on particulars.

The father asked for "asylum" in Italy so his seriously ill son may receive care and "not be euthanized" in England.

Highlighting the plight of a seriously ill toddler in Great Britain and a severely brain-damaged man in France, Pope Francis called for greater respect for every patient's life and dignity.

“God is the one who says who goes to heaven,” the pope explained.