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News Articles: Vatican

Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday in the Vatican.

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After 10 years as pope, Francis continues to reshape the Catholic Church

The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics has steered his church leftward after more than two decades of conservative leadership. Opposition within the Vatican is fierce.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
Pietro Orlandi, right, brother of Manuela, a 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee disappeared in 1983, is flanked by his lawyer Laura Sgro as he attends a press conference on the establishing of a parliamentary investigative commission on Manuela Orlandi and other cold cases in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.

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  • Europe

The Vatican reopens a 40-year-old case of an employee's daughter who disappeared

The Vatican opened a file on the disappearance of a teenage girl months after a new Netflix documentary aired on the case and weeks after her family asked the Italian Parliament to take up the cause.

January 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Pope Francis looks at the Christmas tree inside the Paul VI hall as he arrives to meet with faithful during an audience granted to the donors of the Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Vatican, on Dec. 3, 2022. Pope Francis has revealed in an interview that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying out duties.

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  • Religion

The Pope has revealed he has a resignation note to use if his health impedes his work

Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published Sunday that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from doing his duties.

December 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Elmer Waniandy raises the crucifix as he leads his fellow parishioner into the rededicated and newly renovated Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples sanctuary, July 17, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta.

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  • Religion

Pope heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology

Pope Francis began a visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses at residential schools, part of the the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities.

July 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Sunday.

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  • Religion

On COVID vaccinations, Pope says health care is a 'moral obligation'

Francis says individuals have a responsibility to care for themselves "and this translates into respect for the health of those around us."

January 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday. The pontiff called Biden a good Catholic.

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  • Politics

Biden, Pope Francis discuss climate change and global vaccine sharing

President Biden's meeting at the Vatican with the pope is one of several gatherings scheduled with global leaders over the next week.

October 29, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman,
  • Scott Detrow,
  • and 1 more
Pope Francis shakes hands with Joe Biden, then vice president, at the Vatican, in 2016.

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  • World

In Pope Francis, Biden Has A Potential Ally — Who Shares The Same Catholic Detractors

The pope and the president share liberal stances on climate change and economic disparity. A theology scholar argues U.S. Catholic Church leadership is increasingly allied with the political right.

March 01, 2021
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
The Vatican said Monday that it is "morally acceptable" to use COVID-19 vaccines, even if they used "cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process." Pope Francis, who approved the statement, is seen here in January.

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  • Religion

Vatican OKs Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines, Even If Research Involved Fetal Tissue

The Vatican said it's permitted to get COVID-19 vaccines due to the "grave danger" of the pandemic, even if scientists used "cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process."

December 21, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., becomes a cardinal during a ceremony Saturday known as a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis cautioned new cardinals never to lose their connection to the people.

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With Ceremony At The Vatican, Wilton Gregory Becomes 1st Black American Cardinal

Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., is among 13 church leaders elevated to cardinal at a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.

November 29, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Two priests are going on trial in the Vatican court — one accused of sexually abusing an altar boy and the other charged with aiding and abetting the alleged abuse, which allegedly took place at the St. Pius X youth seminary. The seminary's residents are known as the "pope's altar boys" and serve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

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  • World

Vatican Court Hears Unprecedented Sexual Abuse Criminal Trial

A 28-year-old priest is charged with sexually abusing an altar boy over a five-year period in a Vatican City youth seminary. Another priest, the former rector, is charged with covering up the abuse.

October 26, 2020
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
A marble plaque over the main entrance of the Vatican Archives reads in Latin "Secret Vatican Archive." The Vatican's library on Pope Pius XII and his record during the Holocaust opened to researchers in March.

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  • World

Records From Once-Secret Archive Offer New Clues Into Vatican Response To Holocaust

The Vatican has long maintained that Pope Pius XII did everything he could to save Jewish lives, but newly unearthed papers have renewed accusations of complicit silence against him.

August 29, 2020
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
The Vatican, shown here last month, has issued new guidance on how bishops should respond to allegations of sexual abuse.

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  • Religion

New Vatican Guidance Urges Clergy To Report Cases Of Sexual Abuse

A step-by-step manual for investigating and reporting sexual abuse cases involving clergy calls on church authorities to alert civilian officials even if not required to do so by law.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • David Welna

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