Pope Francis said "there is no individual beyond redemption" in his Angelus address yesterday (full text, full video).
The Ecumenical Patriarch has received a petition calling for autocephalous status for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine has predicted that the Catholic Church will change its teaching on same-sex marriage.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl has urged clergy to avoid partisan politics ahead of November's presidential election.
John-Henry Westen and Matthew Cullinan Hoffman and Fr John Zuhlsdorf comment on Pope Francis's letter on the correct interpretation of Amoris Laetitia.
Guardian photographer Christian Sinibaldi goes behind the scenes at the Vatican.
And an 80-year-old mother offers sage advice to her bishop-son.
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