Italian police seize envelope with bullets sent to Pope
An envelope addressed to Pope Francis containing three pistol bullets has been seized in a mail sorting facility close to the northern Italian city of...
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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...
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 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...
Pandemic depleting Vatican funds, hitting reserves
The Holy See, the central administrative body of the worldwide Catholic Church, may have to use 40 million euros in reserves for the second straight...
Woman with links to deposed cardinal to go on trial, Vatican says
The embezzlement trial of a woman with links to deposed Cardinal Angelo Becciu will start soon, Vatican judicial officials said on Monday, but it was...
President to pay a state visit to the Vatican
The Cyprus problem, bilateral cooperation and developments in the Eastern Mediterranean will be among the issues to be discussed during a state visit to be...
Anastasiades to visit Holy See in coming weeks
President Nicos Anastasiades is set to carry out an official visit to the Holy in the next few weeks, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou announced during...
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...
Vatican expresses support for peace efforts in Cyprus
The Vatican supports the peace efforts on the island, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See said on Wednesday. Gallagher...
Priests, martyrs and mystic nun proclaimed new Catholic saints
Pope Francis declared two martyrs, four priests and a mystic nun saints of the Catholic church on Sunday, saying they all had a “generous and...
Pope Francis proclaims Teresa of Calcutta a saint (Update 2)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “saint of the gutters” during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope...
Italian journalists cleared in Vatican leaks trial
A Vatican court on Thursday cleared two Italian journalists charged with publishing leaked documents that claimed the Church was riddled with graft, ruling that the...
Pope Francis to look at giving women increased Church role – report
Pope Francis has agreed to set up a commission into whether women could serve as deacons, local media reported on Thursday, a potentially historic move...
Sanders at Vatican says rich-poor gap worse than 100 years ago
By Philip Pullella US PRESIDENTIAL candidate Bernie Sanders, addressing a Vatican conference on social justice on Friday, decried the “immoral” gap between the world’s rich...
Pope calls for compassionate Church open to ‘imperfect’ Catholics (Update 2)
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis on Friday called for a Church that was less strict and more compassionate towards “imperfect” Catholics, such as those who...
Australian church abuse victims return dismayed pope did not meet them
Australian victims of child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church returned home on Sunday disappointed they did not meet Pope Francis and angry with...
‘Evil was done’, cardinal says after meeting abuse survivors
By Philip Pullella and Jane Wardell Cardinal George Pell, under fire for his handling of sexual abuse of children by priests in Australia, on Thursday...
Top Vatican cardinal says senior clergy lied about child sexual abuse
By Philip Pullella and Jane Wardell Australian Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify on systemic sexual abuse of children by clergy in...
Mother Teresa to be made saint – Vatican
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic...