The number of Catholics increased by 1.1 percent over the last year.
Pope Francis kissed the feet of the country's political adversaries. Benedict XVI published an essay on sexual abuse in consultation with Pope Francis.
Pope Francis took two trips and visited three countries: Bulgaria, Northern Macedonia and Romania.
Pope Francis expresses his desire to travel to Iraq by 2020.
The Russian President arrived more than an hour late to the meeting.
The pope implemented one of the Vatican bank's points of economic reform.
In Rome, he inaugurated a new statue for St. Peter's Square that evokes the suffering of immigrants.
It was one of the most intense months for Pope Francis this year.
During the encounter with the Anglican leader, they announced they would travel to South Sudan together.
The pope also sent out a letter on the Nativity scene tradition.
