The Vatican announced it had launched a new investigation into reports about sexual abuse in a pre-seminary for young adolescents run by the Diocese of Como, Italy, but located inside the Vatican.

“To love the poor means to combat all forms of poverty, spiritual and material."

Pope Francis’ condemnation of deterrence is a strong challenge to nuclear strategies of the superpowers, including the United States.

Pope Francis said that priests must inform Catholic consciences “but not replace them.”

Pope Francis is saying "Just Say No" to cigarettes.

The appointments are further evidence of Pope Francis’ determination to assign important positions in the Roman Curia to women.