Francis, who will turn 88 on Dec. 17, has not rested one day since his return from the East on Friday, Sept. 13.

In a talk to leaders of popular grassroots movements, Pope Francis said, “It is often precisely the wealthiest who oppose the realization of social justice or integral ecology out of sheer greed.”

After former president Donald Trump amplified unsubstantiated claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets, the state’s bishops called for solidarity with ‘our Haitian brothers and sisters.’

The Vatican has approved the promotion of devotion to the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje but did not make any declaration on the alleged supernatural character of the Marian apparitions there.

On the flight back to Rome, Pope Francis criticized the U.S. presidential candidates, labeling Kamala Harris’s views on abortion and Donald Trump’s migration policies as “both against life.”

The people of Indonesia believe in gotong royong, literally, “joint bearing of burdens,” carrying something together, shoulder-to-shoulder. This ethos was lived to its fullest in the days of this holy visit.