Looking at the period 2010-2015, the global Catholic population increased by 7.4 percent.

"The devil always comes in through the pocket, always," the pope said.

Without a faith dimension, ideological and political notions of development will fail, even if they have some initial success, Cardinal Gerhard Muller said.

“Church leaders in Australia took a long time to sit down with victims. Some still don’t.”

Sean Salai, S.J., interviews canon lawyer Kurt Martens.

Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.