One of World Youth Day's first event focused on the plight of populations most of the world rarely sees or comes across: the indigenous.

How World Youth Day is changing the church

Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is "making us crazy" as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump's promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north.

According to a report released by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University on Jan. 22, just 33 percent of bishops in the United States think the church “should” ordain women as deacons.

Pope Francis helped launch a new mobile app and online platform connecting people around the world in prayer.