One neighborhood is creating a “zone of tolerance” to confine prostitutes to certain areas. The community likes it and says it had to act because Italian society has failed to address the issue.

To mark International Women’s Day, the Vatican is opening its doors to a group of women pushing for a greater role in the Catholic Church. The organizers hope to raise issues of church inequality.

A commission advising Pope Francis on how to tackle clerical sex abuse of minors has completed its first full meeting at the Vatican. The commission has been criticized for its slow start.