Saudi supporters of the Crown Prince's policies believe that the first church may open in the city of Neom.

Pope Francis of Rome issued two separate statements about his support for homosexuals, which paved the way for the possible Catholic Church's "legitimization" of homosexuality.

Pope Francis clarified recent statements he made about homosexuality and sin, saying they were merely a reference to the official Catholic moral teaching.

Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek, residing in Poland for several years, conducted an investigation to find the link between John Paul II and the cover-up of pedophilia by the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis arrived in Canada on 24 July for a visit he described as a "pilgrimage of penance" to apologize for abuses by the Catholic boarding schools of Indigenous children.