Pope Francis created 17 new cardinals from 14 countries and all continents, including three from the United States.

Pope Francis’ presence was failed as the “most significant” and “an important part of ecumenical history.

Cardinal-designate Cupich shared his hopes for the new Trump administration.

“We cannot go about our business quietly at home while Lazarus lies at the door," Pope Francis said.

La Repubblica also quotes Francis as saying, “We must knock down the walls that divide."

Relations between the Holy See and Vietnam are moving ahead in a positive way.

‘I believe that today there is, in fact, a need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is a situation of grave wounds, of grave conflict.’

Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.

“I tell you that every time I enter a prison I ask myself, ‘Why them, not me?’”

“We must help to heal the world of its moral atrophy,” the pope said at the World Meeting of Popular Movements.