Pope Francis issued two Apostolic Letters on Tuesday introducing reforms to questions of marital nullity.

Pope Francis has been interested in finding some way to deal with the problem of divorced and remarried Catholics and restoring them to the full sacramental life of the church. Streamlining the annulment process has been among the strong suggestions of a number of Catholic cardinals and bishops from around the world.

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"The crisis in Syria is now in its fifth year, and the neighboring countries where we've been providing assistance are running out of resources," said Kim Pozniak, communications officer for Catholic Relief Service.

"May Every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary of Europe, take in one family" Pope Francis appealed.

The critical moment has now come when practically everyone in Britain and across Europe has finally realized the enormity of the tragedy happening across our continent.

This broadcast had several important features offer us a kind of "coming attractions" to the pope’s visit to our country.

More than in most countries the church in the United States has the means and the will to help. So let's put those resources to work.

On Sept. 4, Pope Francis’s homily was a reflection on the need to sow peace rather than discord in our daily lives.

Papal homily from Sept. 3: the capacity to recognize ourselves as sinners opens us to the astonishment at the encounter with Jesus.

On Sept. 1, Pope Francis said Christians should comfort each other through good works and kind words and not with useless chatter.

The influx of refugees to Europe is becoming a defining crisis of our time.

No two men could have been more different: one was a pope and successor of St. Peter, the other, a political science professor turned politician president.

Most devastating have been the images of dead children washing onto the Libyan side of the Mediterranean Sea, like that of 3-year-old Aylan.

We should be honest as a culture about the fact that these children are killed not because they are a burden on themselves, but because having a child with Down’s doesn’t meet our expectations.

Pew Research has published new survey on Catholics.

A large military parade was seen as a continuation of China's campaign to maintain public hatred of Japan.

Thousands of people fleeing Middle East calamity zones are piling up at barricades on the borders of Europe.

We used to stress (rightly) that to miss Mass was a grave sin. We ought to work harder to make Mass something gracious and beautiful.