Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali, a cardinal testified Thursday.
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New book about Pope Benedict details tension at the Vatican over having two popes
A new book describes the current state of Vatican affairs not so much through the lens of Pope Francis’ nine-year papacy, but via Benedict’s nine-year retirement.
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Pope Francis meets Hungary’s Victor Orban—with Ukraine war as the backdrop
The 45-minute meeting was the second between Pope Francis and Victor Orban in less than a year, but couldn’t have been more different in tone.
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Pope Francis makes historic apology to Indigenous of Canada for church abuses
Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools.
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Pope Francis: Consecrating Russia and Ukraine to Mary is ‘not a magic formula but a spiritual act.’
Pope Francis presided Friday over a special prayer for Ukraine that harked back to a century-old apocalyptic Fatima prophecy about peace and Russia.
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Cardinal Pell calls for Vatican reprimand over sexuality remarks by a cardinal and bishop
Cardinal Pell was referring to recent comments about sexuality by Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg and Bishop Georg Baetzing, the head of the German bishops’ conference.
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A spy in the Vatican? Questions about Holy See security take center stage in fraud trial
The Vatican’s big fraud and extortion trial resumes Friday with a new spy story taking center stage that is more befitting of a 007 thriller than the inner workings of a papacy.
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Celibacy and the role of women in the church are on the agenda at the Vatican’s symposium on priesthood
The Vatican is hosting a three-day symposium on the Catholic priesthood amid renewed public attention on clergy sex abuse scandals involving both children and adults and fresh research into the abuses of priestly power.
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Archbishop Viganò’s ‘conspiracy theories’ about Covid-19 rebuked by Italian military chaplain
Italy’s Catholic military chaplain has pushed back strongly against calls by a former Vatican ambassador to resist Covid-19 vaccine mandates, saying the ambassador’s “conspiracy theories” were a source of confusion and disinformation.
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Pope Francis to tax collectors: Taxation done well is a sign of justice for the poor
Taxation “must favor the redistribution of wealth, looking out for the dignity of the poorest who risk always ending up crushed by the powerful,” the pope said in a meeting with members of Italy’s tax collection agency.