There is an urgent need for "a new vocational culture" in the Church, Pope Francis has said.

Cardinal Anthony Okogie has accused Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari of "ceaseless silence" over killings in Southern Kaduna.

Kidnapped priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil ignored an Indian government warning not to travel to Yemen, an official has claimed.

Rocco Palmo previews Cardinal Joseph Tobin's installation in Newark.

And Sarah Freeman meets an heiress who gave up a fortune to become a nun.

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