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The COVID-19 pandemic calls for an urgent reality check against baseless information and for increased efforts so everyone has access to vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools, Pope Francis told diplomats from around the world.

I love the Catholic faith! I am amazed by its beauty and authenticity. To say that the faith is a firm foundation and my very backbone is probably an understatement. Over the years, the Catholic faith has shaped me and transformed me in countless ways that are unimaginable. It is hard for some to envision.

It’s at the same site in West St. Paul, but beginning Dec. 14, emergency pregnancy services center Guiding Star Wakota opened a new, larger facility that will help it offer more services for pregnant women and their families in Dakota and Ramsey counties, said Dan Saad, executive director. The 10,000-square-foot facility expands capacity fivefold.

Before baptizing 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis reminded parents and godparents of their responsibility to care for and preserve the Christian identity the infants were about to receive.

Context is everything. But sometimes Pope Francis assumes people know him and the context of his words.

Celebrating Mass in a 20-by-25-foot metal outbuilding on Dec. 24, 2021, for the displaced community of Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs, the image that came to mind for Owensboro Bishop William F. Medley was "there was no room at the inn."

Living out and proclaiming the Gospel are inseparable aspects at the heart of an authentically Christian life and witness, Pope Francis said in his message for World Mission Sunday.

Just as the Magi were guided by a shining star, Christians can rest assured that the light of Christ will guide them to a happy and meaningful life, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Epiphany.