Pope Francis on Nov. 8 denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime.” At the same time, he confirmed his determination to press ahead with the financial reforms that he started in July 2013 and that are now underway in the Vatican.It was the p
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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Authors of two books on Vatican finances are under investigation
Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi could be charged for “conspiring in the crime of divulgation of confidential news and documents.”
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Francis Looks East
Something important has changed in Sino-Vatican relations.
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Pope Francis calls the Italian church to radical renewal
Pope Francis issued a clarion call to the Italian church to radically renew itself by adopting “the sentiments of Jesus: humility, disinterest and beatitude.”
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Pope denounces Vatileaks, confirms he’ll press ahead with reforms
Pope Francis denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime” and “a deplorable act that does not help.”
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Vatican Publishing House to reprint the synod’s final report, fail to include synod votes
The Vatican Publishing House, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, published the Italian version of that final synod report without the results of the voting on each paragraph, against Pope Francis’ directive.
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Dr. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, Italian woman involved in Vatileaks 2, is Released from Prison
Dr. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, involved in Vatileaks 2 with Spanish monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, is released from prison.
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Vatican arrests 2 for leaking confidential information
The Vatican Gendarmerie has arrested a Spanish monsignor working in the Roman Curia and an Italian lay woman for their alleged roles in leaking confidential and reserved information.
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Pope Francis baptizes son of his friend, Buenos Aires ‘waste-pickers’ leader
The simple and profoundly moving ceremony took place at five o’clock Saturday evening, Oct. 31, in the chapel of Santa Marta.
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‘Blogging’ Archbishop Mark Coleridge: Pope wants to make synodality ‘a permanent feature’ of the church’s life
“Pope Francis is a fascinating combination of a man in a hurry and a man who takes his time.”