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Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square April 13.

International agencies collaborate on Philippine typhoon relief efforts for a more efficient recovery.

Pope Francis celebrated the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual at a rehabilitation center in Rome, April 17.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops’ pro-life office sees a positive trend in a new Pew survey that shows a shrinking majority in the support of the death penalty.

The biographer of Blessed John Paul II talks about how the Second Vatican Council shaped the future pope’s program for the church.

Pope Francis held an audience with members of the Apostolic Movement for the Blind and the Little Mission for the Deaf March 31.

Pope Francis spoke on marriage during his weekly general audience April 2.

The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration traveled to Arizona March 31 and April 1, toured the U.S.-Mexico border and celebrated Mass on behalf of the nearly 6,000 migrants who have died in the U.S. desert since 1998.

Pope Francis appealed to members of the Mafia during a prayer vigil with family members of innocent victims of Italian gangsters.

The lone clerical abuse victim on a new papal commission calls the move important for the church.