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Moussa Faddoul captured the vocation of motherhood in these photos. You can see his selected works at Toronto's Contact photography festival at CBC's Front Street headquarters until May 31.

Mothers dedication to children the same worldwide

Motherhood statements are rarely welcomed. They are too obvious and can’t be disagreed with. They add nothing to the conversation. A motherhood statement just repeats what we already know.

Brenda Ezman, left, is hoping to spearhead a mothers’ group at St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church in Toronto with Liz Santoro, middle, and Liz Nicassio, right. Dorothy Pilarski, second from the left, is leading the archdiocese-wide effort to create more mothers’ groups.

Archdiocese commits to fellowship groups for mothers

TORONTO - Dynamic Women of Faith and the Archdiocese of Toronto are joining together to initiate fellowship groups for mothers in parishes across the Greater Toronto Area.

Pope Francis holds a jersey offered to him as a gift after leading a special audience for the Lazio sport association in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 7.

Pope: Love of sports doesn't mean 'timeout' from church, friends, poor

VATICAN CITY - Never let practice and competition get in the way of going to Mass, studying for school, being with friends and helping the poor, Pope Francis told an Italian sports association.

Deacon Jim O’Rourke from the the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y., right, speaks during a memorial service on April 28, 2015 at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, N.Y., for mothers who lost their children before and after birth.

For Mother’s Day, a place to mourn the babies who never came home

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - The night she miscarried in 1968, Dorothy Caruso remembers remaining calm, as if she was watching someone else losing a much-wanted pregnancy. The baby was about three months along; she’d already bought a white baby sweater and a set of blocks.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, head of the Pontifical Commission for Child Protection.

Vatican approves statutes for papal commission for protecting minors

VATICAN CITY - The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors received temporary approval of its first set of statutes.

Pope Francis gives a thumbs up as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 6.

Europe needs Christians to speak with one voice, Pope says

VATICAN CITY - Europe's Christians must speak with one voice to defend religious liberty and to ensure desperate migrants are treated fairly, Pope Francis said.

A memorial for the Charlie Hebdo victims.

Muhammad cartoons 'blasphemous,' Vatican paper says

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican’s semi-official newspaper blasted a series of cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as “blasphemous” but also condemned the “mad and bloodthirsty” extremists who opened fire at a Texas exhibit of the cartoons.

Pope Benedict XVI and Cuba's President Raul Castro gesture to the media as they appear for a photo opportunity outside the Palace of the Revolution in Havana March 27, 2012.

Pope Francis to meet Raul Castro ahead of Cuba visit

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was scheduled to meet Cuban President Raul Castro at the Vatican May 10, less than five months ahead of the pontiff's visit to the island nation.

A new church management program founded between an American and a Roman university will train church workers in ethics and managing finances.

Deal imports American bottom-line accounting to Italy’s Catholic churches

VATICAN CITY - A number of Catholic parishes in Italy are set for a management overall, following a new training program launched May 5 between the Villanova School of Business in the United States and the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

The Vatican unveiled the logo for the Holy Year of Mercy, which opens Dec. 8 and runs until Nov. 20, 2016.

Vatican unveils logo, prayer, details of Holy Year of Mercy

VATICAN CITY - The Holy Year of Mercy will be an opportunity to encourage Christians to meet people's "real needs" with concrete assistance, to experience a "true pilgrimage" on foot, and to send "missionaries of mercy" throughout the world to forgive even the most serious of sins, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella.

A illustration by Sandro Botticelli of the infernal abyss from Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" is part of the manuscript collection of the Vatican Library.

Pope suggests 'Divine Comedy' as important reading for Year of Mercy

VATICAN CITY - Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" is more than a literary masterpiece, it is an invitation "to rediscover the lost or obscured meaning of our human path and to hope to see again the glowing horizon on which the dignity of the human person shines in its fullness," Pope Francis said.

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