The Polish Pope’s former spokesman said the late Fidel Castro “wanted to know everything there was to know about John Paul II”

The Vatican has played a part in guiding the transition process since the mid-90s. Now, the Church also has a decisive role to play in Cuba’s future.

Pope Francis, Vatican diplomacy and the Catholic Church will be able to play a part in Cuba’s future in light of the líder máximo’s death, playing the ecumenical card after the historic meeting between the Pope and Moscow’s Patriarch Kirill at Havana airport last February, with the subtle mediation of Raúl Castro

Interview with the newly-created Redemptorist cardinal: the “balkanisation” process in the US Church “is reinforced by people who speak only with those who agree with them”. Those behind bars are good at grasping the meaning of mercy because “they have no reason to brag before God”

Journey to the Muslim country that is home to 200 Catholics and only three priests (in the entire state), members of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate congregation

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago says Pope Francis is saying loud and clear we are with you.

In an exclusive interview with ZENIT in the lead up to the consistory, the Archbishop of Chicago said this while speaking on the Pontiff’s choices for new cardinals from the peripheries.

In this interview, the new American cardinal addresses how many believe that he represents aspects of Pope Francis’ vision for the Church and whether he feels a close identification with Francis’ unique style as Pontiff.

At today’s Consistory Francis conferred the red biretta on 17 new cardinals: “In God’s heart there are no enemies, He only has sons and daughters. We are the ones who raise walls, build barriers and label people. God does not wait for us to be a little bit better or more perfect before he loves us”. After the celebration, the Pope and the newly created cardinals boarded two minibuses and went to pay Ratzinger a visit.

The Church has an important role in helping to heal the divides of Trump’s United States, according to new American cardinal-elect Joseph Tobin. He also believes that Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis’s document on the family cannot be reduced to black and white answers, but is instead designed to help Catholics in their real-life difficulties. In an interview with The Tabletthe Archbishop of Indianapolis - who the Pope has recently appointed to lead the Archdiocese of Newark - says the Church to promote reconciliation and welcome migrants.

In a message to participants of the COP22 Climate Change meeting taking place in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, the Pope urged all to act in a manner as free as possible from political and economic pressures, setting aside particular interests and behaviour.

Accounts of peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims. Journey to the African country, where Bishop Giorgio Bertin and Anissa Andillahai, a teacher, give their insiders’ takes on relations between people of the two faiths, common projects and the spirit of co-operation.

The title of this article is derived from a book issued by Pope Francis which has been translated into Arabic by the Catholic Center for Studies and Media. The book represents a series of meetings conducted by Italian researcher Andrea Tornielli with the head of the Catholic Church. This book is not designed to serve as a source for "formal education" as it is a book of a person who has international considerations, namely Pope Francis.