On Monday Pope Francis announced that he would meet with some of the victims that were sexually abused by clergy of the Catholic Church at the Vatican next month.
The process of becoming a saint in the Catholic Church is one that takes decades, even centuries, to finalize. However, two recent popes' journey to sainthood has been accelerated and will reach fruition today in Rome.
For the first time, two living popes will be in attendance at a canonization of former popes. On Sunday John XXIII and John Paul II will be canonized by the Vatican, which marks a rare historical event for all Catholics in the world watching via television, Internet and social media.
A Catholic law that bans divorced members of the church from receiving communion could be the subject of change after Pope Francis recently approved an Argentinean woman's plea to take part in communion after marrying her husband, a previously divorced man.
Instead of reading from his prepared homily, Pope Francis delivered an impromptu sermon to a packed St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass, which marked the beginning of Holy Week for the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Francis delivered a strongly worded speech on Friday in which he addressed the sexual abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic church and asked for the public's forgiveness.
Vatican officials announced Monday that Pope Francis is supporting the Vatican's bank, which has been the subject of scandal and corruption in the last few months.
Two of the most influential people in the world, President Barack Obama and Pope Francis met at the Vatican in Vatican City his week to share commonalities on immigration, poverty, and the economy.
President Barack Obama wasn't the only American Pope Francis wanted to see at the Vatican onThursday. The other was 10-year-old Jersey Vargas of Panorama City, an area in northern Los Angeles.
The Pope innocently mispronounced a word during his weekly sermon but the mistake actually translated into what The Independent refers to as a “distinctly unholy language.”
As Twitter is in the process of testing out a major redesign, that is "very reminiscent "of Facebook and Google +, there are some Twitter users that are embracing an older approach to the popular social media that has nothing to do with a redesign or a re-launch, but a linguistic approach.Pope Francis' is proving that you can embrace technology and at the same time revisit and celebrate the past. After two years, the launch of @Pontifex_ln, the Pope's tweets in Latin are becoming increasingly popular with over 210,000 followers, proving that modern-day people also love to embrace antiquity.
Last week, the public saw Pope Francis like they have never seen him before, and he was sweeter than ever -literally- as he was presented with a life-sized, chocolate replica of himself.
He is against the idea of female priests but wants a larger role for women Historically, women have been shut out of the priesthood. This has translated into a lack of women in high positions, exhibiting a "glass ceiling" within the church.
Latinos are one of the fastest growing segments of internet users, which also happens to be predominantly Catholic. For Catholics, if there was any doubt that Pope Francis like the internet (he tweets from his account @Pontifex), there isn't now: Pope Francis has called the internet a "gift from God."
Pope Francis is tackling an entity that most do not typically associate with religious leaders or the Catholic Church. In honor of World Communications Day, Pope Francis offered his opinion on the great mysterious entity that is the Internet.
These five Latino's had memorable years in 2013. Based on their track record, we expect them to make even more headlines in 2014. These hardworking individuals are all worth watching this year. Stay tuned:
