New York Mayor Bill de Blasio praises Pope Francis' call for bold environmental action at a Vatican-hosted conference on climate change.

New cardinals discuss the consistory and how Pope Francis is changing the church.

U.S. Catholic schools have suffered from a smaller number of women religious serving as schoolteachers, but religious communities' formation of teachers has been the model for Notre Dame's ACE program.

Nearly 2,000 U.S. Catholic schools have closed in past 15 years, prompting the University of Notre Dame to develop its ACE program to help save some of the country's existing Catholic schools.

Three failing Catholic schools in Tucson, Ariz., credit Notre Dame's ACE program to re-energizing their learning facilities.

Pope Francis discussed the role of fathers during his weekly general audience Feb. 4.

Pope Francis made a surprise stop at a shantytown on his way to visit a Rome parish Feb. 8.

Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka Jan. 13, beginning a six-day Asian tour.

Pope Francis spoke about the relationship between motherhood and martyrdom during his weekly general audience Jan. 7.

Pope Francis continued his reflections on the limits of the freedom of expression during his in-flight press conference from Manila to Rome Jan. 19.