Two envoys will work to get a “comprehensive picture of the complex pastoral situation in the archdiocese."

In the United States, there is almost nowhere that is not simultaneously very rich and very poor.

“The gesture by the Holy Father strengthened me and reconciled me with the world,” said Lidia Maksymowicz, 80, a Polish woman of Belorussian descent who survived the concentration camp as a child.

Archbishop Roche has served Pope Francis well under two very different prefects at the congregation for divine worship.

’Prayer is not a magic wand: It is a dialogue with the Lord.’

Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.