“We can hardly fail to see that these days, in addition to the pandemic, an ‘infodemic’ is spreading: a distortion of reality based on fear,” Pope Francis said Friday.
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Vatican cardinal complains the pope’s prosecutors asked about his sex life
The lone cardinal indicted in the Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial has issued a formal protest to the court claiming the pope’s prosecutors had offended his dignity by suggesting he was having sex with a co-defendant.
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Pope Francis vows justice for sex abuse victims after German audit faults Pope Benedict
In a previously scheduled speech to the Vatican office that handles sex abuse cases, Pope Francis did not refer to the findings of a long-awaited report into how the Munich archdiocese handled abuse cases.
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Vatican includes women’s ordination group on synod website
The Vatican has included a group that advocates for women’s ordination on a website promoting the 2023 synod, indicating that Pope Francis wants to hear from all Catholics during the process.
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Pope Francis removes from Vatican doctrine office archbishop who is believed to have banned same-sex blessings
Pope Francis took the first step to reorganize the Vatican’s doctrine office, removing the No. 2 official widely believed responsible for a controversial document barring blessings for same-sex couples.
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A small but revolutionary change: Laypeople translate Pope Francis’ weekly catechism lesson for the first time ever.
For the first time, a layman and a nun provided the English and Spanish translations of Francis’ weekly catechism lesson rather than a cloaked monsignor, a small but revolutionary change for the Vatican.
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Pope Francis at 85: No more Mr. Nice Guy, as church reform hits its stride
Pope Francis is facing a sustained campaign of opposition from some Catholics. He has responded with the papal equivalent of “no more Mr. Nice Guy.”
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Vatican apologizes for removing Catholic LGBT advocacy group from synod website
The apology drew immediate praise Monday from New Ways Ministry as a “historic” move to repair the painful rift between the Catholic hierarchy and the gay community.
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Pope Francis wants to visit North Korea to create ‘momentum for peace’
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Pope Francis Friday that a papal visit to North Korea would help create “momentum for peace” on the peninsula, officials said.
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Court absolves former altar boy accused of abusing a younger boy in Vatican’s youth seminary
A Vatican tribunal absolved a former altar boy of charges that he molested a younger boy in the Vatican’s youth seminary, ruling Wednesday in the first clergy sexual abuse trial to be heard by the pope’s criminal court.