This week on "Inside the Vatican," Gerry explains how Pope Francis' and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's message of loyalty was received.

When Catholics attack other members of the church, they are hurting Christ, Pope Francis said.

Newman, like all of the saints, is perennially relevant because holiness never goes out of style.

God is pure goodness, pure love, pure beauty. Look for those things in your life, and you will see God.

The general relator of this special synod, emphasized several themes of Pope Francis’ pontificate: the church must “throw open her doors”; “true tradition” is “the church’s living history”; and “God always brings newness,” so “one must not fear what is new.”

Proposals in the Oct. 8 morning session of the Synod included discussing the "possibility of diaconal ordination for women, so as to emphasize their ecclesial vocation."