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Pope Francis has not accepted the resignation of Lyon Archbishop Philippe Barbarin, found guilty earlier this month of failing to report sexual abuse of minors in the 1970s and '80s at the scout camps of Father Bernard Preyna, and sentenced to six months i...

Pope Francis expressed the pain he felt about the New Zealand mosque shootings in a telegram of condolences sent on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on Friday.

Pope Francis said Friday that he was worried about growing anti-Semitism during an audience in the Vatican with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee.

It would be "nice" if priests and rabbis could work together, Pope Francis said Thursday. He urged the faithful to "promote renewed friendship with our Jewish brothers".

Pope Francis has used his message for lent this year to speak out for the environment. "Once God's law, the law of love, is forsaken, then the law of the strong over the weak takes over," said the message, which the Vatican released on Tuesday.

But victims critical after four-day Vatican conference on minors.