The Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life is promoting a social media campaign to help people rediscover the relevance of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation for Youth and keep the World Youth Day experience alive

Pope Francis, speaking of the bombing in Lebanon, declared that disproportionate defence is immoral and - without openly speaking of Israel - suggested that measure was exceeded in its latest actions

This Initiative "Capture Nature" is a new addition to the Vatican Museums' family-friendly activities aimed at learning to care for creation through play; the dedicated experience in the the Pope's Gardens offers an engaging tour with quizzes and games

For the first time in history, a ship financed by the Italian Catholic Church, the sailing boat Migrantes, assisted the crew of the Mare Jonio during the rescue of 182 migrants shipwrecked in the stretch of sea between Sicily and North Africa

As ship Mare Jonio began a migrant search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean, Pope Francis expressed his support for the first mission jointly organised by the Italian Bishops’ Conference and Italian civil society platform Mediterranea Saving Humans