On April 12, Pope Francis appointed James Martin, S.J., America's editor at large, as a consulter to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communications.

“It is the ugly face of clericalism that unfortunately still has too much influence in our church,” Archbishop Gregory said.

The congregation shouted “Shame, shame!” at the Rev. Edward Pushparaj when he said Pope Francis had only been “bad” for the Catholic Church.

The "Lavanderia di Papa Francesco" ("Pope Francis Laundry") is a free service "offered to the poorest people."

"The defense of human beings knows no barriers," says Pope Francis in a conversation with the Italian journal Libertàcivili.