Pope Francis puts a sign on his office door: “No whining!”

by Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service July 14, 2017

Pope Francis left a not-so-subtle message outside his office: anyone who is thinking of making a fuss, leave your whining at the door.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former Vatican secretary of state, walks during the Good Friday service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 25. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Vatican charges former Bambino Gesu Hospital officials with misusing funds to refurbish Cardinal Bertone residence

by Gerard O’Connell July 13, 2017

Money destined for “Pope’s hospital” allegedly went toward renovating the former secretary of state’s apartment.

Cardinal Angelo Scola greets Mario Delpini, the newly named archbishop of Milan (photo: ChiesadiMilano)

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Why Pope Francis’ appointment of the new archbishop of Milan is a big deal.

by Edward W. Schmidt, S.J. July 12, 2017

The archbishop of Milan leads a very large church with ancient traditions and heroes.

A tapestry of new St. Teresa of Kolkata is seen as Pope Francis leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 7. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope Francis recognizes fourth path to sainthood

by Gerard O’Connell July 11, 2017

The pope is opening the way to recognize as saints those who act in ways they know will lead to their certain death.

Young people talk during a conference in Rome April 6. The conference was in preparation for next year's Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment and World Youth Day in 2019. (CNS photo/courtesy Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life)

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Cardinal Farrell: Time to implement Vatican II’s teaching on the laity

by Gerard O’Connell July 7, 2017

As head of a new Vatican department, Cardinal Farrell is in a position to bring lay people into positions of leadership in the church.

Reformed, Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist leaders look on in St. Mary's City Church in Wittenberg, Germany, as the Rev. Chris Ferguson, World Communion of Reformed Churches general secretary, signs the declaration expressing Reformed churches' support for the Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Photo courtesy of WCRC/Anna Siggelkow

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Reformed churches endorse Catholic-Lutheran accord on key Reformation dispute

by Tom Heneghan - Religion News Service July 7, 2017

The World Communion of Reformed Churches signed a declaration this week endorsing the 1999 Catholic-Lutheran agreement on how Christians might be worthy of salvation in the eyes of God.

Pope Francis is accompanied by Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan as he greets the crowd outside the cathedral in Milan March 25. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

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Pope Francis accepts Scola’s resignation, appoints native son Delpini to Milan

by Gerard O’Connell July 7, 2017

Those who know Bishop Delpini well describe him as “a very spiritual man, humble but not submissive, a great worker, far from the profile of a manager-bishop, very attentive to the personal relationship with priests.”