Pope Francis

Trump left Spicer, a Catholic, out of his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican in May.

Muslim and Christian militias have been engaged in tit-for-tat violence since 2013, but the situation has escalated in recent months.

The Catholic Church regards what is said in confession as strictly confidential.

Christians are persecuted in North Korea, but top Catholic bishops are still calling for Washington and Pyongyang to sit down for negotiations.

Most people use the word "saint" to refer to someone who is exceptionally good or "holy." In the Catholic Church, however, a "saint" has a more specific meaning: someone who has led a life of "heroic virtue."

Two close associates of Pope Francis recently criticized hardline Catholics for supporting the administration's "apocalyptic geopolitics."

Cardinal George Pell is on a leave of absence from the Vatican, where he serves as Treasurer for the pontiff.

Trump's presidency presents a challenge to people of faith.

The attacker sneaked into a hotel by swimming from a nearby beach.

The Argentine pope, who has already made more than 800 saints, has opened a fourth way to attain the status.

The Vatican is stepping up its campaign against corruption, focusing its attention on the mafia.

The pope has stepped in decisively on the church's crisis in Ahiara, where priests have refused to accept their bishop for the past four years.

"Calling God by the name 'Father' is not something that can be taken for granted," the pope said.

Donald Trump still has a way to go to match Pope Francis and King Salman when it comes to Twitter.

The pope had wanted to visit the war-torn country, but ongoing violence between the two main ethnic groups proved too dangerous.

Thousands of children died in Catholic Church ran Indian Residential Schools over a century.

The attack comes after twin suicide bombings on churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday.

The president described the meeting with the head of the Catholic Church as the "honor of a lifetime."

Two of Trump's media aides who are less senior than Spicer were included on the trip to the Vatican.

Trump reading the pope's encyclical on climate change is about as likely as the pope binge-watching a season of "Celebrity Apprentice."

To some of the most veteran hospital staff, Trump's behavior reminded them of Lady Diana, who visited the facility in 1985.

The terror incident in the United Kingdom this week has not disrupted President Trump's trip abroad.

The first lady and the president's daughter both wore veils Wednesday in Italy—but they didn't earlier in the week in Saudi Arabia.

He won the Catholic vote in 2016. He'll need them back if he wants to save his presidency.

Donald will meet with Italian officials, Ivanka with victims of human trafficking and Melania will visit a hospital providing free healthcare.

The pope and the president will have their first in-person meeting Wednesday, but it won't be the first time they've gone head-to-head.

The president will pick Callista Gingrich, Newt Gingrich's third wife, before he meets Pope Francis, say reports.

The pope's meeting with Trump could be potentially awkward given their diametrically opposed positions on immigration, refugees and climate change.

The Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared to three children in 1917, sharing three prophecies about humanity.

The long-haul journey is unusual because recent presidents have visited neighboring Canada or Mexico first.