There was one clear winner at this year's post-synod elections: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.

He comes to bring a message of peace, reconciliation and dialogue.

Former Jesuit provincial for East Africa highlights the significance of Pope Francis' trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic

'He is going there as a sign of love and esteem and this is a very powerful message,' says Cardinal Francis Arinze.

Some find Pope Francis’ ecclesiology ‘somewhat threatening.’

Some of the terrorists were heard shouting out “Allah u-Akbar” (“Allah is Great!”) as they launched their deadly attacks in Paris.

Pope Francis on Nov. 8 denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime.” At the same time, he confirmed his determination to press ahead with the financial reforms that he started in July 2013 and that are now underway in the Vatican.It was the p

Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi could be charged for “conspiring in the crime of divulgation of confidential news and documents.”

Something important has changed in Sino-Vatican relations.

Pope Francis issued a clarion call to the Italian church to radically renew itself by adopting “the sentiments of Jesus: humility, disinterest and beatitude.”