At a public memorial service in the cathedral, the site of the funerals of James Baldwin and Duke Ellington, several friends of Ms. Morrison provided their recollections of her talent, warmth and sense of humor.

“We need to work together to foster awareness that if one member of our family suffers, we all suffer,” Pope Francis said.

Taken as a whole, the documents give the most significant description yet of how the mass detention camps work in the words of the Chinese government itself.

Japan, the United States and South Korea are the only nations in the OECD group of developed economies that have the death penalty.

Sister Mutindi's religious order, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, is an international congregation with sisters in 73 countries.

Every meal, every day can be an image of the Eucharist. Although we are required to work hard and do our best, it is not about us or our efforts.

“The use of atomic energy for purposes of war is immoral, just as the possession of atomic weapons is immoral,” he said. “We will be judged on this.”

JesusOfNaz316 mixes brief prayers with light humor and punchy political jeremiads.

This is Francis’ second visit to Japan. He came here in October 1987 to visit Jesuit missionaries as provincial. 

The accusations of paganism and idolatry at the Synod on the Amazon sent a troubling message about the universality of the church, writes Mary McAuliffe, a teacher at a Jesuit school in the Pacific.