After failing to administer the lethal injection to Kenneth Eugene Smith in 2022, the state of Alabama is facing pushback from advocates affiliated with the Rome based Sant’Egidio on its decision to instead use nitrogen hypoxia, the first execution of its kind in the U.S.
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Verdicts are expected tomorrow in Vatican’s ‘trial of the century.’ Here’s what you need to know.
Verdicts are expected Saturday for a cardinal and nine other defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican’s modern history.
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Pope Francis punishes Cardinal Burke, revokes Vatican apartment and salary
Pope Francis has decided to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary.
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Pope Francis’ unexpected friendship with a group of trans women
Pope Francis’ welcoming of transgender Catholics has transformed a community of trans women who have found hope through friendship with Francis.
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Pope Francis orders Vatican to reopen Marko Rupnik’s abuse file
The announcement marked a major turnaround for the Holy See and followed an outcry among victims and their advocates over the handling of the case of the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik.
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Pope Francis’ absolute power—and the problems it can cause—are on display in 2 Vatican trials
Two Vatican trials are coming to a head this week and both underscore Pope Francis’ power as an absolute monarch and the legal, financial and reputational problems that can arise when he wields it.
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‘Laudate Deum’: Pope Francis takes aim at U.S. emissions levels in new climate change document
In ‘Laudate Deum,’ Pope Francis takes square aim at the United States, noting that per-capita emissions in the U.S. are twice as high as China and seven times greater than the average in poor countries
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Survivors outraged by Pope Francis’ pick to head Vatican office that includes responsibility for sex abuse cases
The global advocacy group End Clergy Abuse is seeking to draw attention to the failure of Pope Francis to make good on years of pledges of “zero tolerance” for abuse.
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Pope Pius XII knew details about Nazi death camps, according to unearthed letter from German Jesuit
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland.
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Pope Francis meets with new Russian ambassador as second Moscow mission planned for his Ukraine peace envoy
Pope Francis met with Russia’s new ambassador Ivan Soltanovsky as the Vatican’s Ukraine peace envoy prepares for another possible trip to Russia.