A child sits on railroad tracks near a makeshift camp for migrants in late March at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of in Idomeni, Greece. Children are the most vulnerable and hardest hit among the world's migrants and require special protection, Pope Francis said.

Pope: Protect child migrants, refugees who face greater risk of abuse

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VATICAN CITY – Children are the most vulnerable and hardest hit among the world's migrants and require special protection, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks during an Oct. 13 audience with a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. The Pope said that Christians who reject refugees are "hypocrites."

Christians who reject all refugees are 'hypocrites,' Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Meeting a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, Pope Francis said he does not like "the contradiction of those who want to defend Christianity in the West, and, on the other hand, are against refugees and other religions."

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20. Texts by Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict were published in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of Patriarch Bartholomew's election.

Pope Francis, retired Pope Benedict praise Patriarch Bartholomew

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VATICAN CITY – Defending religious freedom, fighting indifference to attacks on human dignity and promoting care of creation are obligations that Orthodox and Catholics share and areas where Pope Francis said he and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople are in deep harmony.

Former Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona gestures from a balcony as he attends the Argentine First Division soccer match between Boca Juniors and Quilmes at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2015.

Soccer legend Maradona credits Pope Francis for renewing his faith

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ROME – Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona says it was the influence of his countryman Pope Francis that revived his faith and brought him back to the Catholic Church.

Mary and Michael Johnson with five of their six grandchildren. The Johnsons spend as much time as they can with their grandchildren, seeing it as an opportunity to help out as their children try to get by in the world.

Grandparents are becoming more involved with their children's children

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The death knell for the nuclear family continues to ring out in a new compilation of statistics from the Vanier Institute of the Family. But the good news is that grandparents are more involved than ever in raising their grandchildren and helping out their extended families.

Pope Francis leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5.

In modern world, every land is 'mission land,' Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Catholic missionary orders like the Oblates of Mary Immaculate have as much work to do as ever, Pope Francis said.

At 7 p.m. at least twice a week, Archbishop Konrad Krajewski pulls up in a large gray van and unloads heavy containers filled with steaming risotto, fresh fruit and drinks for the men, women and children who will soon bed down in the open alley for the night.

Who is the archbishop Pope Francis sends into the streets to help Rome’s migrants?

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ROME – In a narrow alley a few miles from the center of Rome, around 250 migrants gather at sunset.

Pope Francis is seen with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, during the opening ceremony of a world conference on faith and sport Oct. 5 in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.

Where policy, religion fail, sports can lift spirits, say speakers

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VATICAN CITY – Wherever public policy, communities and even religions may have failed, sports and recreation are ready and set to lift wounded spirits and build cooperation and peace in the world, said a number of speakers at a Vatican conference.

A girl prepares to meet Pope Francis during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 5.

Pope: May the Caucasus nations journey to peace, fraternity

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VATICAN CITY – The following is the text from Pope Francis’ general audience at the Vatican Oct. 5.

Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, arrive to preside at a vespers service at the Church of St. Gregory in Rome Oct. 5.

Pope, Anglican archbishop call for unity in mission, service

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ROME – Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury together charged 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops to return to their home countries and work together to promote joint prayer, joint proclamation of the Gospel and, especially, joint works of charity and justice.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Rome Oct. 2. The Pope said that gay and transgender people deserve the same attentive pastoral care as anyone else.

Gay, transgender people deserve pastoral care, Pope says

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN – Catholics who are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were born in the wrong body deserve the same attentive pastoral care as anyone else, Pope Francis said.

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