The divide among Christians might be getting bigger and bigger, but Roman Catholic pontiff Pope Francis believes that there is still something that unifies God's people all across the globe - martyrdom.
Pope Francis on Thursday denounced modern-day Pharisees who are quick to judge other people and despise those who are not like them, saying the path they have chosen is "the root of all wars: all calamities."
C9 Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga of Honduras says reports of excessive spending and political maneuvering by officials of the Roman Curia confirmed the need to press ahead with overhaul of Vatican bureaucracy.
Christian business owners have a responsibility to protect and uphold their employees' welfare, said Roman Catholic pontiff Pope Francis, explaining that it is their "entrepreneurial vocation" to respect the needs of their staff while employing a "lay missionary" spirit.
Two employees of the Vatican - a Spanish priest and an Italian laywoman have just been arrested after they were charged of leaking confidential documents.
Sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in the US have cost the institution almost $4 billion over six decades, the National Catholic Register has found.
The Vatican's police force has arrested a priest and a laywoman who were members of a commission that Pope Francis set up to study Church reform on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to the media.
Pope Francis told a delegation from the World Jewish Congress: "To attack Jews is anti-Semitism, but an outright attack on the State of Israel is also anti-Semitism."