An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has led Roman Catholics to stop administering several sacraments temporarily in an attempt to keep the deadly disease from spreading.

"The Holy Father has reached the conclusion that the document has not matured enough to be published.”

On the day after Easter, five incarcerated women were initiated into the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis asked the bishops of Germany to continue working together to find broader consensus on guidelines for allowing a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive the Eucharist.

“It is clear that what matters to Pope Francis is the transformation of individuals and communities through their attentive and communal participation in the sacramental mysteries."

Surveys suggest that younger Americans are turning away from religion, but they may not have been properly introduced to the church in the first place.