Bishops in Ireland have created detailed guidelines to address the plight of children born to Catholic priests and the women who bear them.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said some of the problems identified by current and former Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital staff in 2014 were "truly unfounded." But for problems that were verified, there is a "serious effort to resolve them."

The mission of the Vatican hospital is "today more aimed at profit than on caring for children," according to a report from the AP.

Four cardinals are pressing their case and arguing that the issue is dividing the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis made the pilgrimage to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.

One by one, Francis blessed and greeted each of the family members and their caregivers who traveled from around the world for the audience.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall.

Pope Francis came to Egypt on Friday for a historic two-day visit aimed at presenting a united Christian-Muslim front to repudiate violence committed in God's name.

The promotion of Monsignor John Kennedy to head of the discipline section of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith was the second abuse-related appointment in recent days.

The battle on the tiny tropical U.S. territory pits the Neocatechumenal Way lay group against critics on a majority Catholic island that was colonized by Spanish missionaries in the 17th century.