"Where Mother pushed the Missionaries of Charity was to the edge, to the most difficult places...all the time, everywhere."

“‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”

Pope Francis’s groundbreaking new document asks the church to meet people where they are and to consider the complexities of people’s lives, to consider the complexities of people’s lives and to respect people’s consciences.

The Catholic Church acknowledges and supports the right of nations to control their borders and to enforce their laws.

His presence was a message to the indigenous communities here: Pope Francis has heard of your suffering and he has said, “Enough.”

On his first visit to Rome’s synagogue as pope, Francis called on Catholics and Jews to “strengthen” their common “commitment for peace and justice.”