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In this May 13, 1981 file photo provided by Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Mehmet Ali Agca, left, holds a Browning HP 9mm handgun to shoot Pope Jonh Paul II at the Vatican. Alitalia Flight 488 landed in Krakow, Poland on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 with some very special cargo on board: The gun used to shoot Pope John Paul II. Monsignor Dariusz Ras, the Polish priest who runs the John Paul II museum in the late pope's childhood home in Wadowice, transported the pistol from Rome to Poland for the museum's upcoming exhibit in honor of John Paul's April 27 canonization, Alitalia said. Mehmet Ali Agca used the Browning HP 9mm handgun to shoot John Paul in the abdomen in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981. The pope spent nearly three weeks in the hospital recovering. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Gun used against Pope John Paul II flown to Poland

Washington Examiner · March 18, 2014 6:17 pm

On 1st anniversary, pope defends ‘slum priests’

Debora Rey · March 13, 2014 11:04 pm

Survivors: Pope Francis saved many in dirty wars

Debora Rey · March 13, 2014 6:03 pm

Raw: Vatican Releases New Pope Stamps, Coins

Raw: Vatican Releases New Pope Stamps, Coins

Washington Examiner · March 13, 2014 4:25 pm

Boehner Invites Pope to Congress

Boehner Invites Pope to Congress

Daniel Halper · March 13, 2014 4:07 pm

The head of the Franciscan convent of St. Francesco a Ripa, Friar Stefano Tamburo, uses a tablet device to check the Kickstart page promoting the conservation works required in the cell that St. Francis of Assisi is believed to have used when visiting the convent in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. The friars who run the St. Francis a Ripa church in Rome's Trastevere neighborhood are launching a Kickstarter online fundraising campaign Tuesday, March 11, 2014, to try to raise the $125,000 to restore the tiny cell where St. Francis stayed when he came to Rome to see the pope, The Associated Press has learned. Rather than ask for funding from the Italian government, which owns the church and is responsible for its upkeep, the friars decided on this more democratic crowdfunding initiative thinking it more in keeping with the Franciscan tradition of seeking alms for just what they need, spreading the faith as they beg, and making sure the poor are the priority. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope’s Franciscans kick-start restoration effort

Nicole Winfield · March 12, 2014 5:17 pm

FILE -- In this file photo taken on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, the day of his election. From his gestures to his simple soundbites to his emphasis that priests are called to serve, Pope Francis has endeared himself to the public, radically shifted the paradigm of the papacy and reminded the world that the church's mission is one of mercy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope sees banner first year, but expectations high

Nicole Winfield · March 12, 2014 4:30 pm

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope departs on bus for weeklong retreat

Washington Examiner · March 9, 2014 3:35 pm

Pope defensive on sex abuse as commission lags

Nicole Winfield · March 5, 2014 5:42 pm

Berlusconi’s publishing house launches pope weekly

Berlusconi’s publishing house launches pope weekly

Washington Examiner · March 4, 2014 7:53 am

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is greeted by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, left, as he arrives for a consistory inside the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb.22, 2014. Benedict XVI has joined Pope Francis in a ceremony creating the cardinals who will elect their successor in an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Benedict denies he was pressured to resign

Nicole Winfield · February 26, 2014 10:18 am

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez speaks during the presentation of the book, to which he contributed, "Poor for the poors, the mission of the Church" by Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, background, in Vatican City, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Gutierrez is considered the father of the Liberation theology for his 1971 book "Teologia de la liberation. Prospectivas" (Theology of Liberation. Perspectives). (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Founder of Liberation Theology hailed at Vatican

Nicole Winfield · February 25, 2014 10:51 pm