Despite all of the security concerns that are currently hounding the city of Paris in light of the terror attacks it recently went through, one thing must always pervade all fears, said Pope Francis.
There have been criticisms that the Church is in danger of infringing free speech after an Italian journalist was called in for questioning by Vatican police because of revelations about the Vatican's finances he made in a new book.
Pope Francis has apparently challenged centuries of Catholic doctrine by advising a Lutheran woman to talk to God and then decide for herself whether she should receive Communion when at Mass with her Catholic husband.
Roman Catholic pontiff Pope Francis condemned the terror attacks that occured in Paris last Friday as an "affront to human dignity," and he slammed those who carry out heinous acts in the name of God and religion.
Pope Francis, celebrating Mass at his Santa Marta residence, where he chose to live over the grandeur of the traditional papal apartments, said people should look beyond the beauty of things and the temptations of the here and now towards the transcendent.
Properties in Rome that are owned by the Vatican are being run as saunas and massage parlours, sometimes used by Catholic priests, according to more explosive leaks in the Italian press.