Time spent helping others "is time given to Jesus", the Pope said at a Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists on Sunday (full text, full video).

"You can respond to the assaults of the Devil only with the works of God," Pope Francis told relatives of Nice terror attack victims on Saturday (video).

Christian writer Nahed Hattar was shot dead outside court in Jordan yesterday.

Christian and Muslim children in Aleppo will pray together for peace on October 6.

The Jesuits' next superior general could be from Asia, reports Matters India.

John Allen and Fr Raymond de Souza weigh in on the Pope's letter to Argentine bishops.

And Sam Guzman explains why he's pursuing his dream of rural Catholic family life.

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