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.

Donald Trump was “undoubtedly” preferable to Hillary Clinton due to her stance on abortion while the new president will be well-placed to tackle government corruption, according to Cardinal Raymond Burke.

The cardinal, a leading conservative figure in the United States, said that care for refugees and the poor were important but do not carry the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia: Trump has said he is pro-life while Clinton supports legal terminations.

The term “Christian Arab” could be considered an oxymoron to the Western mind wherein the terms seem mutually exclusive. This seeming contradiction is rooted in an ambiguous understanding of what it means to be Christian or Arab.

What then, does it mean to be Arab or Arab Christian? The term Arab does not exclusively apply to Muslims but includes a significant Christian population as well. Additionally, not all Arabs are Muslims nor are all Muslims Arab.

In an interview with journalist Eugenio Scalfari, founder of Italian national newspaper La Repubblica, the Pope says that in order "to achieve this we need to knock down walls and build bridges that can lessen inequality and boost freedom and rights”. Today there are “Christian martyrs in almost every corner of the world”.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has congratulated the new president-elect, expressing his respect for the US democratic process that led to his election and the hope that Trump will work in service of his country as well as for the well-being and peace of the world.