FAITH/STORIES

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 24.

Pope, in interview, talks about his daily habits, hopes, concerns

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said he wants to be remembered as "a good person who tried to do good. I cannot ask for anything more than that."

CCN Ottawa correspondent Deborah Gyapong meets Pope Francis at the Vatican May 8.

Great joy praying with Francis

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VATICAN CITY - On May 8, I had the joyful privilege of meeting Pope Francis following one of his private Masses at his residence at Casa Santa Marta inside Vatican City.

A man hugs a tree while celebrating World Environment Day in a forest in Nepal.

Greenbacks and the green economy: Ecology is good business

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VATICAN CITY - Consumers want products that are environmentally friendly, and businesses that are not on board are already starting to feel the pinch, said the CEO of the multinational Unilever.

Girls dressed up as Blessed Mother Teresa during an Aug. 26 event to commemorate her 104th birth anniversary in a school in Bhopal, India. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Aug. 26, 1910, to Albanian parents in Skopje, in present-day Macedonia . She died in 1997 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

Mother Teresa's canonization in 2016 only hypothetical, says Vatican

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VATICAN CITY - Despite reports in the Italian press that Blessed Teresa of Kolkata's canonization has been set for Sept. 4, 2016, a Vatican spokesman says the date is only hypothetical and cannot be confirmed.

Pope Francis smiles as he plays with a basketball next to a members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 6.

Pope gives coaches game plan for building team spirit, ethical players

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VATICAN CITY - Coaches need to show integrity, fairness, patience, joy and kindness, especially toward those who are struggling, Pope Francis said.

Sister Sharon Holland, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, said the organization is pleased to be "going on with our normal life, so to speak," now that the Vatican's mandate to reform the group has concluded. She is pictured in a 2014 at the Vatican.

LCWR goes on 'with our normal life' after mandate ends, official says

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WASHINGTON - The president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said the organization is pleased to be "going on with our normal life, so to speak," now that the Vatican's mandate to reform the group has concluded.

Cardinal Peter Turkson said that Pope Francis is publishing the encyclical on the environment to remind people that their choices are moral in nature when it comes to creation.

Protecting people means protecting the planet, Turkson says

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ROME - Pride, greed and selfishness are destroying the planet just as they destroy human lives, said Cardinal Peter Turkson.

Pope Francis reviews the honour guard with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an arrival ceremony at the presidential palace in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014.

Vatican-Palestine accord supports 'two-state' solution

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VATICAN CITY - Vatican and Palestinian representatives have finalized the text of a formal agreement recognizing freedom of religion in the "State of Palestine" and outlining the rights and obligations of the Catholic Church, its agencies and its personnel in the territory.

Pope Francis’s Twitter messages are retweeted more than 9,900 times on his Spanish account and more than 7,500 times on his English account.

Study confirms Pope’s Twitter influence

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VATICAN CITY - When Pope Francis tweets, the world listens.

According to “Twiplomacy,” a study of the Twitter accounts of world leaders and their retweet rates, U.S. President Barack Obama has the most Twitter followers, but Pope Francis’ @Pontifex is the most influential Twitter account — his average “retweet” and “favorite” rate is more than eight times higher than Obama’s.

Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, gestures during an interview at the Vatican in this Aug. 5, 2014 file photo.

Cardinal Pell expects October Synod to uphold traditional doctrine on family

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ROME - Australian Cardinal George Pell expects the upcoming Synod on the Family in October will uphold traditional Church teaching.

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

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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

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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

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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.

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