The meeting will help the Vatican prepare for its synod on young adults in 2018.

After two years working on a documentary about Pope Francis, the noted German filmmaker Wim Wenders said he is most struck by the pope's courage.

"I thank her and I want you to know her name: Sister Cornelia Caraglio."

The pope left chocolate eggs as gifts during his surprise visit to Casa di Leda, a group home for incarcerated women with small children.

Intentionally causing a patient's death is different from accepting that a patient is dying.

The Colosseum has long been a symbol of the persecution of early Christians.

Bishop Okpaleke's appointment had been met by protests and petitions calling for the appointment of a bishop from among the local clergy.

An Italian newspaper reported that the canonization is likely to happen in October.

He also said he doesn't read the blogs devoted to leading a 'resistance' against him.

In November 2016, the International Medical Committee of Lourdes confirmed the nun's "unexplained healing, in the current state of scientific knowledge."