Pope Francis, who has condemned human trafficking as a crime against humanity, on Friday made a surprise visit to a Rome safe house where a Catholic charity is protecting women freed from a life of forced prostitution.
A female prisoner in Chile was surprised by receiving a personal letter last week from Pope Francis imploring her to retain "the strength that comes from hope," a year after she wrote to him asking for his prayers
The Islamic State (ISIS) is urging its supporters worldwide to "break the cross" and launch more attacks on "cross-worshippers and democratic pagans of the West."
The Pope has condemned countries that allow children to choose their own gender, describing it as "ideological colonisation". He said it was going against the will of God who had created "man and woman".
Pope Francis has declared "the world is at war," but he acknowledged that it isn't one of religion, but one of domination and greed for money and natural resources.
Pope Francis has said that people should withhold judgement and not "gossip" about Cardinal George Pell, who has been accused of sexually abusing children in Australia during the 1970s
Francis delivered a long sermon before tens of thousands of faithful gathered at the foot of the Jasna Gora monastery in the southern city of Czestochowa.