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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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Top Italian bishop says 'irregular' couples are 'also Christians'
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Poland’s ambassador to the Holy See comments on former papal envoy accused of sex abuse
D’Escoto in 2008
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The pope has reinstated Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockman of Nicaragua
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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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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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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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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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Vatican says no movement (yet) on sainthood for Oscar Romero.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi (Photo courtesy of JRandomF, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Archbishop Silvano Tomasi says church’s internal culture has changed.
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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&