The Holy See would like its relationship with Vietnam developed further through full diplomatic relations.

The dignity of human life, the common good and solidarity are "more than mere words and phrases," said the Catholic bishops of Washington state in a joint pastoral letter

Doubts can be "a sign that we want to know God better and more deeply."

Pope Francis: "If you do not listen to people, how can you preach?”

In an apostolic letter released at the close of the Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis called on the Catholic Church worldwide "to promote a culture of mercy in which no one looks at another with indifference or turns away from the suffering of our brothers and sisters."