"Today as well, in the Middle East and other parts of the world, Christians are persecuted," Pope Francus said. "There are more martyrs [today] than there were in the first centuries" of Christianity."

The outside world is not what "makes us saints or not saints, rather it is the heart that expresses our intentions, our choices and the desire to do everything for God's love," Pope Francis said before praying the Angelus Aug. 30.

President Otto Perez Molina said that he would not resign and would remain in office.

"We don't even know what state they are in, and it is painful."

Vatican nuncio to the Dominican Republic was accused of abusing adolescent boys

Not many people would have known who she was, but if you remember a particularly searing image from the tragic time of September 11, 2001, you would.