As Christmas draws near: Pope Francis gifts a vehicle converted into a small mobile hospital to care for the inhabitants of Ukraine devastated by war.

In a message addressed to young people entering the workforce, Pope Francis, alluding to bosses, advised them not to “give in to requests that humiliate you or cause you discomfort, to ways of proceeding and demands that tarnish your authenticity.”

The faithful of the city of Naples in Italy experienced profound relief when they witnessed the liquefaction of the blood of Saint Januarius, the miracle that kept the city in suspense during the day on Dec. 16.

Pope Francis on Wednesday prayed especially for Cyclone Chido victims in the French territory of Mayotte during his weekly general audience.

Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, as saints through the rare procedure of “equipollent canonization.”