In late February, Pope Francis will be seeing red and a lot of it as he meets with the College of Cardinals and creates new members.

Christian hope believes in “God’s tomorrow,” his mysterious plan that sometimes seems to go against dreams and expectations, Pope Francis told a group of cloistered nuns.

Retired Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah of Kumasi challenged Ghanaian Catholics to produce holy politicians endowed with the fear of God and who want to serve the nation selflessly rather than be served.

Climate change represents an “ethical challenge to civilization,” said the Vatican’s lead representative to an international conference discussing the worldwide impact of climate change.

The ruling body of the Church of England has signaled its overwhelming support for the ordination of women bishops, a year after opponents stalled the process.

While national borders are no longer barriers to trade, travel and communication, Pope Francis said, new walls are being erected in the form of inequality, discrimination and the violation of basic human rights.

Following a special session of the Hawaii Legislature that for two weeks turned the state Capitol into high-spirited exhibition of populist democracy, Gov. Neil Abercrombie Nov. 13 signed the bill causing all the commotion and made Hawaii the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Normally the trip from Maasin to Tacloban takes about three hours, but with the fallen trees and debris, getting aid there takes longer, said a priest from Southern Leyte province.

Purported visions of Mary, if taken in the wrong spirit, can sow confusion and distance people from the Gospel, Pope Francis said.

As far as English photographer Lee Jeffries knows, Pope Francis has never seen his pictures, yet he is sure they would be to his taste.