One by one, Francis blessed and greeted each of the family members and their caregivers who traveled from around the world for the audience.

I was Catholic. You pray, you receive the sacraments, you imitate the saints. What more guidance do you need?

What is to keep any movement or ideology from claiming the authority of the Spirit?

The commission established to study the alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, reportedly voted overwhelmingly to recognize as supernatural the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981.

Pope Francis is considering dedicating a meeting of the Synod of Bishops to the concerns of the indigenous people of the Amazon region.