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FaithDispatches
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.
Pope Francis ends his official visit to Vilnius on Sunday evening at the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, housed in the former headquarters of the K.G.B.
Girls gather for celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption in August 2012 in Aglona, Latvia. Twenty-five years after St. John Paul II visited Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Pope Francis will make the same three-nation visit Sept. 22-25, stopping at a number of the same places as his saint-predecessor. (CNS photo/Ints Kalinins, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
He is the second pope to visit these Baltic nations. John Paul II came to the region in September 1993, after the collapse of communism, and was welcomed as a hero. Pope Francis comes exactly 25 years later, but much has changed since that first papal visit.
Pope John Paul II prays in 1993 at the Hill of Crosses in Siauliai, Lithuania. Pope Francis will make the same three-nation visit, stopping at a number of the same places as his saint-predecessor. (CNS photo/Arturo Mari, L'Osservatore Romano) 
FaithDispatches
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.
Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to help mark their centennial of independence from czarist Russia.
A banner with an image of Pope Francis decorates a street Aug. 13 in Dublin. Pope Francis will visit Dublin and Knock Aug. 25-26, mainly for the World Meeting of Families. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis visits to meet the Irish people who have been so grievously wounded by the sexual abuse of minors and other related scandals over decades.
Mélanie Thierry as Marguerite Duras in “Memoir of War.” © Music Box Films
Arts & CultureFilm
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.
The film tells the story of a woman who worked for the German-controlled Vichy government but secretly joined the Resistance movement.
Politics & SocietyNews
Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
Britain's highest court has ruled that doctors can withdraw food and fluid from patients who are in a vegetative state or minimally conscious without seeking permission from judges.