Venezuelans to ask the Vatican for help

Venezuela’s president has agreed to accept mediation from the Vatican after a plea from opposition leaders. The country has been locked in political crisis for months and drastic shortages of food and other necessities have caused riots.

University president given Vatican role

Pope Francis has appointed John Garvey, president of the Catholic University of America, as a director of a Vatican agency overseeing institutes of higher learning.

Pope marries deaf couple in his chapel