The congregation shouted “Shame, shame!” at the Rev. Edward Pushparaj when he said Pope Francis had only been “bad” for the Catholic Church.

The "Lavanderia di Papa Francesco" ("Pope Francis Laundry") is a free service "offered to the poorest people."

"The defense of human beings knows no barriers," says Pope Francis in a conversation with the Italian journal Libertàcivili.

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.