Pope Francis landed in Peru on Friday after a visit to Chile that has left many Catholics there confused and angry. At issue is the pontiff's answer to a question about a bishop accused in the country's child sex abuse scandal.

Ploermel is at the heart of a bitter row about secularism. Finally, aquatic life in the gutters of Paris is incredibly rich.

Catholics attending a Sunday mass in Guam pray for peace amid missile threats from North Korea.

Pope Francis calls on catholics to pray for the victims of the attack in London.

Pope Francis urges the world's 1.2 billion Catholics to feel compassion for children, notably victims of war, migration and homelessness in his Christmas Eve mass but also those 'not allowed to be born'.