What do we do now? What happens next? We stay Catholic.

An Irish government Cabinet minister has told Pope Francis that the Catholic Church "should contribute substantially" to funding reparations for survivors of a former church-run orphanage where a mass grave of children's remains was discovered.

Italy's Catholic bishops will care for 100 migrants from Eritrea, ending a stalemate over where the asylum-seekers would go.

Bishop Richard Malone says he will not resign in wake of local media reports that he mismanaged sexual abuse complaints.

People do not have the time or money or energy to be angry at popes or angry at people who are angry at popes.

The 77-year-old cardinal, the sixth archbishop of Washington, submitted his resignation, as is mandatory, to the pope when he turned 75 two years ago, but it has not been accepted.