God's mercy has been at the heart of Pope Francis' life ever since he was 17.

The apostolic exhortation on the family will be his most important magisterial text of 2016.

The Holy Year of Mercy arrives in advance in this land that has suffered from war.

There was one clear winner at this year's post-synod elections: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.

Some find Pope Francis’ ecclesiology ‘somewhat threatening.’

Something important has changed in Sino-Vatican relations.