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Vatican trial opens into financial scandal rocking papacy
World
July 26, 2021
Vatican trial opens into financial scandal rocking papacy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers who pulled…
2 weeks post-surgery, Pope Francis appears at Vatican window
World
July 18, 2021
2 weeks post-surgery, Pope Francis appears at Vatican window
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two weeks after surgery that removed a portion of his colon, Pope Francis on Sunday resumed…
Pope convalescing in hospital after intestinal surgery
World
July 5, 2021
Pope convalescing in hospital after intestinal surgery
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was spending his first morning convalescing on Monday in a Rome hospital following intestinal surgery.…
Pope on Myanmar: Houses of worship serve as neutral refuge
World
June 20, 2021
Pope on Myanmar: Houses of worship serve as neutral refuge
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried the suffering of refugees in Myanmar and pleaded that houses of…
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
World
June 13, 2021
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern…
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
World
June 1, 2021
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests…
Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer
Middle East
May 30, 2021
Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has invited representatives of Lebanon’s Christian community to the Vatican on July 1 for…
Do not give in to evil and division, Pope tells Myanmar community
World
May 16, 2021
Do not give in to evil and division, Pope tells Myanmar community
The people of Myanmar must not despair in the face of evil or allow themselves to be divided, Pope Francis…
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
World
April 5, 2021
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and…
Pope decries shame of racism, like ‘virus’ lurking in wait
World
March 21, 2021
Pope decries shame of racism, like ‘virus’ lurking in wait
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and…