Vatican reveals property holdings in transparency drive
The Vatican released information on its real estate holdings for the first time on Saturday, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of...
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Pope Francis returns to Vatican for rest after intestinal surgery
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Wednesday, 11 days after surgery to remove part of his colon, starting a period of near-total rest and...
Pope alert and in good condition after surgery to remove part of colon
Pope Francis is alert, breathing without assistance, and in a good overall condition following surgery to remove part of his colon, the Vatican said on Monday....
Pope meets Canadian cardinals after indigenous school scandal
Pope Francis met with both Vatican-based Canadian cardinals on Saturday as their country reels from the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a...
Pope ousts Vatican youth residence caught up in sex abuse trial
Pope Francis has ordered a residence for altar boys who serve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to move out of the Vatican, after the home...
Pope cancels traditional pre-Christmas ceremony due to Covid-19
Pope Francis has cancelled a ceremony that traditionally begins Rome’s Christmas season on Dec. 8 at the Spanish Steps because of coronavirus restrictions, the Vatican...
Pope vows to ‘uproot evil’ of clerical sexual abuse
Pope Francis, in his first public comment after the release of an explosive report on the Vatican’s mishandling of the case of ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore...
Pope asks for new economic models that would reduce social inequality.
Pope Francis said on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic had “toppled the shaky pillars” of a world economic model built on the idolatry of money...
Pope, in first post-lockdown audience, thanks Italian doctors
Pope Francis on Saturday held his first audience for a group of people since Italy lifted its coronavirus lockdown, granting it to health workers from the...
Pope to visit ‘as soon as possible’
Pope Francis told President Nicos Anastasiades during a telephone conversation on Monday that he would visit Cyprus as soon as circumstances allow. During the...
Pope holds dramatic solitary service for relief from coronavirus
Pope Francis said the coronavirus had put everyone “in the same boat” as he held a dramatic, solitary prayer service in St. Peter’s Square on...
Pope expresses hopes for Cyprus reunification talks
Pope Francis on Thursday expressed the support of the Holy See with the efforts towards the reunification of Cyprus. The Pope referred to Cyprus in...
Don’t let Church failings distance you from God, Pope says
Pope Francis led the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Tuesday, urging them not to let the Church’s failings lead them away from accepting...
Pope Francis visits Japan, bearing anti-nuclear message
Pope Francis arrived on Saturday in Japan, the second leg of a week-long Asian trip whose main aim is to bring an anti-nuclear message to...
Pope Francis welcomes Anastasiades to Vatican, will visit Cyprus in 2020
During an official visit to the Vatican on Monday, President Nicos Anastasiades extended an invitation to Cyprus to Pope Francis for 2020, which has been...
Vatican opens ossuaries in search for missing bodies
Forensic experts extracted bones from two ossuaries within the walls of the Vatican on Saturday as part of an investigation aimed at resolving the case...
Weather disrupts pope’s second day in Romania
Tens of thousands of people gathered on muddy slopes in Transylvania on Saturday to see Pope Francis visit one of Romania’s most popular Catholic shrines...
Conservatives want Catholic bishops to declare pope a heretic
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 1 (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have appealed to bishops to declare Pope Francis...
Pope: Church should admit history of abuse of women
Pope Francis said on Tuesday the Catholic Church had to acknowledge a history of male domination and sexual abuse of women and children and repair...
Pope accepts resignation of Chilean cardinal accused of covering up abuse
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati as archbishop of Santiago, the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church in Chile, who has...