The archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael help encourage and accompany Christians on life's journey and defend them from the devil, Pope Francis said.

"'The truth will set you free': Fake news and journalism for peace" will be the theme of the church's celebration of World Communications Day 2018.

'Amoris Laetitia' is built on traditional Thomist morality, Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits in Colombia.

Pope Francis promised "zero tolerance" in his remarks to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Pope Francis continues to spread his message of Christian hope, aiming especially to reach and inspire young people.

The forthcoming joint message will ask people of all faiths "to adopt a respectful and responsible approach toward creation."

Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is like an "arsonist," the pope said, setting people's hearts ablaze.

Like the religious authorities of the Sanhedrin criticized by Jesus, some clergy are faithful only to themselves, "rich in devout reverence to the past," wrote Italian biblicist Father Giulio Cirignano.

The article looks at the growing similarities in the rhetoric and world views adopted by evangelical fundamentalists and some "militant" Catholic hardliners.

The 83-year-old cardinal died unexpectedly in his sleep July 5 while on vacation in southern Germany.