Pell's lawyers told the court that the cardinal plans to formally plead not guilty.

The Memorial will celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost in churches throughout the world.

The pope left chocolate eggs as gifts during his surprise visit to Casa di Leda, a group home for incarcerated women with small children.

Today’s letter reflects a somewhat different style and spirit than Benedict XVI’s “Dominus Iesus.”

“Behind all this is the unfortunate idea...that priests are everything in the church while sisters are nothing.”

Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals discussed the possibility of establishing regional tribunals around the world that would judge cases of sexual abuse allegedly committed by clergy.