Pope Francis softened the ban on giving Communion to remarried divorcees Friday.

A Vatican cardinal said the Roman Catholic Church had “mucked things up” when he testified on sexual abuse of children within the institution.

Italian Raffaele Sollecito and Knox, from Seattle, were cleared last March of the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher in 2007.

The 30-year-old insisted he saw Knox, now 28, and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, in the apartment.

Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to helping India’s poor, will be made a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said Friday.

“I am well aware of the pressure that has led [women] to this decision,” the Pope wrote in the announcement.

Pope Francis on Thursday made his strongest call yet for social justice, equality, and environmental protection.

A flight attendant told NBC News that the pontiff was instead served Trimate — a tea mix of coca, chamomile and anise seeds.

Italian police mounted a vast counterterrorism operation Friday against an al Qaeda-inspired terror network with ties to Osama Bin Laden.

A major search-and-rescue operation was underway Sunday after a migrant boat with up to 700 on board capsized in Libyan waters, south of Italy.