Pope Francis Tuesday afternoon met Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his Mater Ecclesiae Monastery residence in the Vatican and wished him for Easter, the Holy See’s Press Office said in a communique.

Earlier Tuesday morning, the Pope visited the Vatican Secretariat of State where some 300 persons are employed.  Accompanied by the Assessor, Monsignor Paolo Borgia, he visited and blessed the offices of the Third Section, which was set up in November for the diplomatic personnel of the Holy See.  The Holy Father then personally greeted all the officials and employees, wishing them for Easter and thanking them for their work…

Pope Francis joined leaders praising a French police officer who “gave his life out a desire to protect people” during a terrorist attack.

Lt Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, had convinced the gunman, identified as Redouane Lakdim, to allow him to take the place of a woman Lakdim was holding hostage on March 23 in a grocery store in Trebes, a small town in southern France…

Reflecting on the Liturgy of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis contrasted the joy of the people who celebrated Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem with the cries of those who want to silence him.

Pope Francis invites us all to see ourselves in the Palm Sunday liturgy. He says that the liturgy “expresses the contradictory feelings that we too, … experience”: love and hatred, self-sacrifice and “washing our hands”, loyalty and betrayal…

Pope Francis, accompanied by youths, passes through the Door of Mercy ahead of a prayer vigil on the occasion of the World Youth Day, in Campus Misericordiae in Brzegi, near Krakow, Poland, Saturday, July 30, 2016.

Dear young people,

World Youth Day 2018 represents another step in preparation for the international WYD due to take place in Panama in January 2019…