The Holy Father's visit was filled with heartfelt pleas for peace, along with planned meetings with the Orthodox patriarch.

  

  

He shared this and other news during a candid press conference on the papal flight home home home home home.

  

  

Teens who have grown spiritually through Catholic programs and conferences are inspiring their parents to reconnect with the Church.

  

  

Whether it's in person or online, Catholics often find themselves in a position of having to defend the Faith. Here's how you can do it.

  

  

In a culture that is so used to sensationalizing death, we sometimes act as if the real thing will never come.

  

  

In the Holy Land, Pope Francis traveled from one symbolic wall to the next, pausing for moments of prayer and reflection.

  

  

  

-- Joe Gottdenker, a Holocaust survivor who was greeted by Pope Francis at the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem on May 26.

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