Vatican Dispatch

Timor-Leste is the world’s most densely populated Catholic country after Vatican City.

Pope Francis is convinced that the Holy Spirit is active in popular movements.

I have been on all the foreign trips Francis has made since becoming pope, but his visit in July to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay revealed new dimensions of the man and the impact of his ministry.“We love people, not concepts or ideas,” he declared during a Mass in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. T

Francis wants to implement and develop the teaching of Vatican II on collegiality.

The greatest obstacle to Christian unity is ‘the spirit of possessiveness.’

Francis’ visit takes him to ‘the peripheries of the South American periphery.’

Something akin to a resurrection is taking place in the Catholic Church in Latin America, thanks to Pope Francis. The memory of great church leaders is being revived and honored; the sacrifice of bishops and priests killed under military dictatorships is being recognized and venerated; and some theo

The church speaks out on the great challenge of our time: sustainable development.

The drowning of 900 migrants from many countries in the Mediterranean on the night of April 18 jolted consciences worldwide. It was but the latest, though the worst, in a series of similar tragedies in the sea between North Africa and Europe in recent years: 3,200 drowned last year, over 1,700 so fa