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Historic Vatican fraud trial to deliver verdict

VATICAN CITY—A Vatican court delivers its verdict Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among...

1m pilgrims to join World Youth Day

Vatican City—World Youth Day, which takes place this week in Lisbon in the presence of Pope Francis and an expected one million pilgrims, is...

Popular but facing opposition, Francis marks 10 years as Pope

Vatican City -- Pope Francis marks 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday, hugely popular but facing internal dissent after a...

Pope ready to quit should health fail

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis revealed for the first time in an interview Sunday that he had signed a resignation letter nearly a decade ago should...

Pope on 2-day visit to Malta for migrants

Vatican City—Pope Francis heads Saturday for a two-day trip to Catholic-majority Malta where he will again highlight the plight of migrants, as the Ukraine...

Convicted murderer executed in Missouri despite Vatican appeals for clemency

A 61-year-old African-American man was executed in the US state of Missouri on Tuesday, despite pleas for clemency from the Vatican and his lawyers...

UN rights experts urge Vatican to halt child sex abuse

Senior UN rights experts revealed Monday they had written to the Vatican urging them to end child sex abuse in Catholic institutions, to punish...

Smugglers of the faith

"Pope Francis refers to Filipino migrant workers."     Last Sunday, March 14, Pope Francis celebrated mass at the St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City to commemorate...

Vatican jobs are safe in pandemic: pope

Vatican employees are safe in their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said Monday as he addressed Christmas wishes to the city state's...

Historic new Vatican-China deal vexes US

Vatican City—The Vatican and China are preparing to renew a historic deal on the appointment of bishops that has slightly thawed icy relations—much to...

‘No reason to fear Benedict’s health’

Vatican City—The Vatican on Monday said former Pope Benedict XVI was not in especially bad health after his biographer told a German newspaper he...

Rome churches reopen after angry Pope steps in

Vatican City—Some of Rome’s Catholic churches reopened Friday after Pope Francis voiced displeasure with the Italian authorities’ push to shut them because of the...

Pope Francis frets over pilgrim’s move

Pope Francis was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday when he slapped the hand of a woman to free...

US cardinal defrocked over teenager abuse

Vatican City—Pope Francis has defrocked a former cardinal in a first for the Catholic Church over accusations American Theodore McCarrick sexually abused a teenager...
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