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FILE - Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during press conference in Rome, on Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican court convicts former Pope adviser of financial crimes

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 16, 2023 7:31 pm

Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope Francis’s call for international AI rules follows longtime peace activism

Christopher Hutton · December 16, 2023 9:00 am

Pope Francis stands up during the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried outside the Vatican with simplified ceremony

Jeremiah Poff · December 13, 2023 5:03 pm

Vatican says transgender people can be baptized, but offers caveats

Jeremiah Poff · November 9, 2023 6:10 pm

Pope Francis presides over a mass for the closing of the 16th general assembly of the synod of bishops in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 29, 2023.

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Latest Vatican sex scandal is yet another cross for US Catholics to bear

Peter Laffin · November 1, 2023 10:00 am

Catholic Church grapples with LGBT issues and female ordination in landmark Vatican meeting

Jeremiah Poff · October 4, 2023 7:33 pm

Pope Francis talks to reporters during the return flight from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at the end of a historic four-day visit to a region where the Holy See has long sought to make inroads.

Pope Francis says Vatican-China deal involves joint commission to pick bishops

Jeremiah Poff · September 4, 2023 5:17 pm

Pope Francis blasts US Catholics for ‘reactionary’ views

Jeremiah Poff · August 28, 2023 5:37 pm

Emperor Nero’s theater unearthed steps from the Vatican

Jenny Goldsberry · July 29, 2023 4:51 pm

New Vatican official says his handling of abuse allegations against priest in his diocese was ‘insufficient’

Jeremiah Poff · July 10, 2023 7:46 pm

Pope Francis released from hospital but will limit public appearances after surgery

Jeremiah Poff · June 16, 2023 5:07 pm

Pope Francis hernia surgery went well ‘without complications,’ Vatican says

Jeremiah Poff · June 7, 2023 3:58 pm