A man tore up and burned a Quran in Sweden's capital Stockholm last week, resulting in strong condemnation from several states.
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Tennessee bishop who was facing allegations that he had mishandled a sexual abuse investigation.
A Vatican statement put an end speculation about what role Gaenswein, a powerful figure in the Vatican for more than a decade before Francis sidelined him after a personal falling out, would have.
Francis, 86, underwent a three-hour operation on Wednesday to repair an abdominal hernia
Pope Francis will have his operation under general anesthetic.
Vatican guards handed him over to Italian police, who detained him and ordered him expelled from Italy.