In the still-unsolved case of Emanuela Orlandi, which inspired the “Vatican Girl” Netflix show, Vatican officials said that new evidence reveals investigative leads to be studied.
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Pope Francis directs Benedict XVI’s longtime secretary to return to his home diocese without new assignment
In his book, “Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Benedict XVI,” Archbishop Georg Gänswein admitted that a “climate of trust” had never been created between him and Pope Francis.
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Pope Francis on Pentecost: Synod is journey in the Spirit, not ‘a parliament’
In his homily for Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica May 28, the pope said that the Holy Spirit is “the heart of synodality and the driving force of evangelization.”
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Pope Francis’ prep advice for World Youth Day: talk to your grandparents first
In a video message, Pope Francis told young people going to World Youth Day in August should consult their grandparents on how to prepare.
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Kremlin denies working with Vatican on Ukraine peace talks
“There is a mission underway that is not public yet; when it is public, I will tell you about it,” the pope said of his plan regarding peace between Russia and Ukraine.
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Synod organizers: There is ‘more than one way of being the church’
The commission gathered in Rome to reflect on findings from the continental stage of the process leading up to the assemblies of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in 2023 and 2024.
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Jesuit abuse expert Hans Zollner explains decision to resign from Vatican safeguarding commission
Father Hans Zollner clarified that his resignation was not intended to personally attack anyone or impede the work of the commission, which he called “a success in itself and a great idea by Pope Francis.”
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Pope Francis wants the truth out on decades-old cold case of the missing ‘Vatican girl’
The Vatican’s chief prosecutor said Pope Francis has given him free rein to investigate the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican resident.
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Pope Francis tell priests at chrism Mass: Be agents of harmony, not division
Building harmony is not only a way of improving the church or being polite, Pope Francis told them, but “an intrinsic demand of the life of the Spirit.”
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Cardinal: Don’t be nostalgic for era of full seminaries that produced so many scandals
“If those full seminaries had forged holy pastors, and the traditional formation imparted to them (were) solid and true, we wouldn’t have to mourn so many scandals today,” Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, said.