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Visitors to the forbidden city carry children holding the Chinese national flags in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Some 15 million to 20 million Chinese parents will be allowed to have a second baby after the Chinese government announced Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 that couples where one partner has no siblings can have two children, in the first significant easing of the countrys strict one-child policy in nearly three decades.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Why no one wants to talk about China’s female suicide problem

By Elise Harris and Kate Veik - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis blesses a nun as he arrives for an audience with clergy of Roman archdiocese in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, May 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Want more religious vocations? Improve your family life, nun says

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns the ball to John Isner, of the United States, during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Djokovic tested by Bellucci; Murray and Serena withdraw

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Pope Francis, flanked by rector of the Pontifical North American College James F. Checchio, right, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, left, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Joseph Edward Kurtz, greets the faithful as he leaves Rome's Pontifical North American College, Saturday, May 2, 2015. Pope Francis has praised the &quot;holiness&quot; and &quot;zeal&quot; of an 18th-century Franciscan missionary he'll make a saint when he visits the United States this fall but whom Native Americans in California contend brutally converted indigenous people to Christianity. Francis on Saturday praised the accomplishments and qualities of Rev. Junipero Serra during a homily at a Rome seminary training future priests from North America. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis defends soon-to-be saint vs Native American objections

Associated Press

In this photo taken at the Palermo harbor on April 15 and made available Sunday, April 19, migrants receive relief after disembarking in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In background, right, is harbored the King Jacob Portuguese cargo vassel, the first ship to arrive near a boat believed to be crowded with 700 migrant in distress, only to see it capsizing in the waters north of Libya, Sunday, April 19, 2015. 24 migrants were confirmed dead, sparking fears for what could become the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant sea disaster, Italy's Coast Guard and other officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)

Survivor: Smugglers locked hundreds in hold of capsized boat

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press