A Vatican conference represents the beginning of a coordination of Catholic universities, institutions and bishops's conferences on this issue.

Pope Francis is saying "Just Say No" to cigarettes.

Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 and the martyrdom of a 25-year-old priest in Hungary in 1957.

"Please, Mass is not a show. It is going to encounter the Passion, the resurrection of the Lord."

The pope sent his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the wounded.”