The Vatican has set guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated. It says remains cannot be scattered, divvied up, or kept at home but rather need to be stored in a sacred, church-approved place.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges is part of a select group of U.S. city leaders headed to the Vatican for a conference next week, where they'll meet Pope Francis.
The Vatican is going out of its way to mend fences with American religious sisters, thanking them for their selfless work. A long-awaited report on the Vatican's three-year investigation into the U.S. women's religious order has been released.
The Catholic Church is preparing for Pope Benedict XVI to step down on Thursday. It's the first time in 600 years that a Pope has retired from the job. Bill Cahoy is the Dean of the School of Theology at St. John's University. He says his resignation could affect how we think of the Papacy.