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.
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.
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:
The Pope's new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastián, 85, is showing his age - and his ignorance.
Sebastián, who will take up his post in the Vatican as Spain's newest cardinal in February, is already making a dramatic entrance by reportedly calling homosexuality a physical "defect" that can be cured.
