It was with his colleagues in disarmament dialogues that he found the signature issue of his last years in diplomatic service, nuclear weapons abolition.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell answer the questions that have arisen about Pope Francis' comments on same-sex civil unions.

Pope Francis’ decision to forgo wearing a mask has been noticed, with some concern, by the commission of Vatican experts he appointed.

A week out from the U.S. Election, Joe Biden turned to Pope Francis’ latest encyclical for inspiration in a brief address given in Warm Springs, Ga.

We can love without condoning, and we can communicate difficult teachings without wounding.

For gay Catholics who remember the dark days of the AIDS epidemic, when their friends and partners were shunned by families and church leaders, the pope’s words may strike a strong emotional chord.