Although the total was slightly higher from the 3.2 million visitors received by Pope Francis in 2015, for a jubilee year it still fell short of the 5.9 million pilgrims who visited in 2014.

The imbalance in the world, one Jesuit expert has said, reflects how years of papal pleas and Vatican mandates have not been received or implemented consistently everywhere.

These people's lives gave us a glimpse of something meaningful, something that liberated or encouraged us.

Though he turned 80 a couple of weeks ago, Pope Francis did not slow down in 2016.

Accompaniment, unlike charity, can't be done from a distance.

My parents found ways to make each other miserable towards the end of their marriage, but they also had times of deep love.