Pope Francis asks for prayers for victims of an avalanche in northern Italy and warns against disregarding the effects of climate change.

In a special Mass celebrated for the Congolese community in Rome, Pope Francis urged citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to let go of hatred and resentment over current violence and past wrongs, and to choose peace instead.

As the Church observes Ordinary Time, Christian believers are invited to go deeper in their discipleship. The faithful are encouraged to hear the Gospel again and recommit themselves to the Lord Jesus and his way of love.

Sr. Claudia, an Italian-born nun with the Sisters of the Poor who has worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the 1990s, recounts her experience of serving the sick, the elderly, orphans, the malnourished, and abandoned babies, noting that "society does not help and means are lacking, but there is God's Providence that guides us."

After more than two weeks of trouble and strife in Ecuador, the Minister of Government and the indigenous leader of the protest movement have shaken hands, sealing a breakthrough agreement aimed at a more equitable economic approach, signalling a path forward.

In 2017, Pope Francis went to Colombia to show his support for a historic peace agreement that put an end to a five-decades-long civil conflict.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was sworn in as the 17th president of the Philippines June 30, succeeding Rodrigo Duterte.

Pope Francis sends a message to a Uruguayan diocese marking the closure of the World Meeting of Families, and urging each person to care for their family.

In a letter to Caritas Spain, Pope Francis highlights the important work of the charity organization, and encourages its discernment for new paths as it celebrates its 75th anniversary.

One of Pope Francis’s favorite Catholic movements launched an initiative aimed at providing aid to the elderly in Italy, 19 million of whom live either alone or with an elderly spouse.

The new prior of the Bose Monastery in Italy has spoken out about the status of the community after a contentious internal deadlock culminated with the exile of its founder last year.

The church will let justice take its course after the High Court in Malawi sentenced a priest to 30 years in prison for the murder of a man with albinism, said Archbishop George Desmond Tambala, president of the Malawian bishops' conference.

St. Francis Xavier Church in Ondo, where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass, will reopen by the fall.

The Missionaries of Charity have been expelled from Nicaragua, the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church and its ministries from the Central American country's increasingly repressive government.

Although he postponed his own trip to Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, his secretary of state, to visit the two countries July 1-8, the Vatican press office said.

Russian missile strikes on a Ukrainian mall with about 1,000 civilians inside were the "largest terrorist attack in Europe in decades," said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

In a pastoral letter to his diocese, Bishop Dominque Rey of Toulon identified several reasons, including the practice of the Traditional Latin Mass, for the Vatican inquiry that culminated with the postponement of this year’s priestly ordinations.

The past seven days were among the deadliest for Catholic priests and religious in recent years, with one violent murder every 33 hours.