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Pope Francis greets people as he visits Cassano allo Ionio, in Italy’s Calabria region, June 21, 2014. On his left is Bishop Nunzio Galantino of Cassano allo Ionio. (CNS Photo/Paul Haring)
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August 28, 2014
Top Italian bishop says 'irregular' couples are 'also Christians'
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August 27, 2014
Poland’s ambassador to the Holy See comments on former papal envoy accused of sex abuse
D’Escoto in 2008
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August 05, 2014
The pope has reinstated Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockman of Nicaragua
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July 03, 2014
Pope Francis is sending a cardinal and a bishop to Paraguay to investigate the activities of a priest previously accused of sex abuse in Pennsylvania, the Vatican’s diplomatic envoy to the Latin American country said.The cardinal and the bishop will visit the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, in the
Pope Francis at Pentecost
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June 10, 2014
Pope Francis canceled a second day of private audiences and his morning Mass on Tuesday (June 10) because of a minor illness, but Vatican officials downplayed speculation about ill health.The Vatican’s chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope had postponed several appointment
The United Nations headquarters in New York (photo form Wikimedia Commons)
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May 23, 2014
ROME (RNS) A United Nations panel blasted the Vatican for the second time this year for failing to respond adequately to the child sexual abuse scandals that have swept the Catholic Church, but stopped short of saying the Holy See had violated U.N. treaty obligations on torture.The report
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May 19, 2014
The Vatican's financial watchdog has reported a dramatic increase in suspicious transactions at the Vatican bank, but officials sought to downplay any rise in criminal activity.The Vatican's Financial Information Authority, known as the AIF, recorded a "notable" rise in shady trans
A tourist visits the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador.
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May 15, 2014
Vatican says no movement (yet) on sainthood for Oscar Romero.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi (Photo courtesy of JRandomF, via Wikimedia Commons)
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May 06, 2014
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi says church’s internal culture has changed.
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May 04, 2014
The Roman Catholic Church failed to recognize the worldwide reach of clerical sexual abuse, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Saturday (May 3) at a press conference.“Many don’t see it as a problem of the universal church,” said O’Malley who heads the Vatican&