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Vatican, Microsoft create AI-generated St. Peter's Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage
Read full article: Vatican, Microsoft create AI-generated St. Peter's Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damageA digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s.
Pope Francis' Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women
Read full article: Pope Francis' Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to womenPope Francis’ yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church has ended with recommendations that fall far short of giving women more equity as hoped.
Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abuses
Read full article: Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abusesPope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality.
In Asia, pope urges Indonesia to live up to promise of 'harmony in diversity,' fight extremism
Read full article: In Asia, pope urges Indonesia to live up to promise of 'harmony in diversity,' fight extremismPope Francis has urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance.
Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background
Read full article: Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the backgroundPope Francis is making the longest, farthest and most challenging trip of his pontificate when he goes to Asia and Oceania this week.
Pope Francis calls for Olympic truce for countries at war, prays for peace
Read full article: Pope Francis calls for Olympic truce for countries at war, prays for peacePope Francis has voiced his hope that the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games will provide an opportunity for countries at war to respect an ancient Greek tradition and establish a truce for the duration of the Games.
Vatican will prepare a document on the role of women in leadership in the Catholic Church
Read full article: Vatican will prepare a document on the role of women in leadership in the Catholic ChurchThe Vatican says its doctrine office will be preparing a document on women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church, as part of a new initiative to respond to longstanding demands by women to have a greater say in the church's life.
Pope Francis meets more than 100 comedians at the Vatican: 'You also make God smile'
Read full article: Pope Francis meets more than 100 comedians at the Vatican: 'You also make God smile'Before flying to Italy’s southern Puglia region to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit, Pope Francis hosted a very different audience at the Vatican celebrating the importance of humor.
Some of the Catholic Church's best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
Read full article: Some of the Catholic Church's best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of MaryThe Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral.
Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes, Internet and overhauls its process for evaluating visions of Mary
Read full article: Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes, Internet and overhauls its process for evaluating visions of MaryThe Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena.
Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy
Read full article: Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacyThe Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September.
Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity
Read full article: Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignityThe Vatican has declared that gender-affirming surgeries and surrogacy are grave violations of human dignity.
Pope appears in better health, praises Israeli and Arab fathers who both lost daughters in conflict
Read full article: Pope appears in better health, praises Israeli and Arab fathers who both lost daughters in conflictPope Francis appears in better health, walking into the Vatican audience hall on his own with a cane for his weekly audience and delivering his prepared text with a clear voice.
The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women's prison
Read full article: The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women's prisonThe Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: It is mounting a multimedia installation inside Venice’s Giudecca women’s prison.
The pope delivers Sunday prayers from the Vatican window a day after suffering a mild flu
Read full article: The pope delivers Sunday prayers from the Vatican window a day after suffering a mild fluPope Francis was well enough to celebrate his weekly Angelus prayer from the Vatican window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, a day after cancelling his engagements because of a mild flu.
The Vatican's problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explained
Read full article: The Vatican's problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases, explainedFive years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the world to impress on them that clergy abuse was a global problem and that they needed to do something about it.
Pope Francis congratulates Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner wins the Australian Open
Read full article: Pope Francis congratulates Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner wins the Australian OpenPope Francis has congratulated Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century.
Pope says 'our hearts are in Bethlehem' as he presides over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's
Read full article: Pope says 'our hearts are in Bethlehem' as he presides over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter'sPope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world."
Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal
Read full article: Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinalThe Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros.
Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years
Read full article: Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ yearsA Vatican tribunal has convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.
Pope Francis is still having trouble breathing due to lung inflammation, Vatican says
Read full article: Pope Francis is still having trouble breathing due to lung inflammation, Vatican saysThe Vatican says Pope Francis is stable but is still having trouble breathing as a result of a lung inflammation that forced him to cancel a weekend trip to Dubai.
Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican meeting on church's future
Read full article: Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican meeting on church's futurePope Francis will open this week a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the church.
Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort
Read full article: Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effortWomen who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors.
Pope's Ukraine peace envoy raises stalled Black Sea grain exports in Beijing talks
Read full article: Pope's Ukraine peace envoy raises stalled Black Sea grain exports in Beijing talksPope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy has discussed the need to resume the stalled Ukraine grain export deal to feed the world’s hungry during a meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing.
Parliamentary inquest into 'Vatican Girl' mystery moves forward as pope acknowledges family's pain
Read full article: Parliamentary inquest into 'Vatican Girl' mystery moves forward as pope acknowledges family's painItaly’s Parliament is poised to open a bicameral commission of inquiry into the 1883 disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee.
Vatican says new leads are worth pursuing in the disappearance of employee's daughter 40 years ago
Read full article: Vatican says new leads are worth pursuing in the disappearance of employee's daughter 40 years agoExactly 40 years after the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee disappeared, the Vatican announced new leads “worthy of further investigation” have surfaced.
Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, 'radical inclusion' of LGBTQ+
Read full article: Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, 'radical inclusion' of LGBTQ+An unprecedented global canvassing of Catholics has called for the church to take concrete steps to promote women to decision-making roles.
A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?
Read full article: A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?A French nun is charting an unprecedented period of reform in the Catholic Church as one of the highest-ranking women at the Vatican.
Pope Francis, back to Vatican routine post-surgery, says thanks to shouts of 'Long live the pope!'
Read full article: Pope Francis, back to Vatican routine post-surgery, says thanks to shouts of 'Long live the pope!'Two days after being discharged from the hospital, Pope Francis resumed his cherished Sunday custom of greeting the public in St. Peter's Square.
Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising after AP investigation
Read full article: Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising after AP investigationPope Francis is warning the Vatican’s missionary fundraisers not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work.
Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fund
Read full article: Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fundPope Francis has asked aides to get to the bottom of how at least $17 million was transferred from the Vatican’s U.S.-based missionary fundraising coffers into an impact investing vehicle run by a priest.
Pope Francis skips meeting because he is running a fever, the Vatican says
Read full article: Pope Francis skips meeting because he is running a fever, the Vatican saysThe Vatican No. 2 says a fever that a fatigued Pope Francis developed was owed to the fact that the pope greeted a huge crowd of people.
Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit
Read full article: Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visitPope Francis has tapped an Argentine bishop with years of ministry in the country’s prisons as his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Some 200,000 turn out over 3 days to view Benedict's body
Read full article: Some 200,000 turn out over 3 days to view Benedict's bodyPope Francis has praised Pope Emeritus’ Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” on the final day of public viewing of his body in St. Peter’s Basilica before his funeral.
Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abuse
Read full article: Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abusePope Emeritus Benedict XVI rarely got credit for having turned the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse, but as cardinal and pope, he pushed through revolutionary changes to church law to make it easier to defrock predator priests.
Pope warns Vatican staff an 'elegant demon' lurks among them
Read full article: Pope warns Vatican staff an 'elegant demon' lurks among themPope Francis has warned Vatican bureaucrats to beware the devil that lurks among them, saying it is an “elegant demon” that works in people who have a rigid, holier-than-thou way of living the Catholic faith.
Italy: Parliamentary inquest eyed for missing 'Vatican Girl'
Read full article: Italy: Parliamentary inquest eyed for missing 'Vatican Girl'Opposition lawmakers in Italy are seeking a parliamentary commission of inquiry into three cold cases that have consumed the Italian public’s imagination for decades.
Jesuit artist has ministry cut; Vatican doesn't prosecute
Read full article: Jesuit artist has ministry cut; Vatican doesn't prosecuteThe Vatican is under pressure to explain why it didn’t prosecute a famous Jesuit artist and merely let his order restrict the priest's ministry following allegations that he abused his authority over adult women.
Vatican vendettas: Alleged witness manipulation jolts trial
Read full article: Vatican vendettas: Alleged witness manipulation jolts trialRevelations that a key prosecution witness may have been manipulated into changing his story and cooperating with prosecutors has jolted a Vatican trial over a money-losing investment in a London property.
German bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reform
Read full article: German bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reformGermany’s Catholic bishops are vowing to continue their controversial reform process after a week of tense meetings with Vatican officials seeking to put the brakes on proposals to ordain women, bless gay unions and rethink church teaching on sexuality.
Cardinal challenges Vatican cop over hostage payments
Read full article: Cardinal challenges Vatican cop over hostage paymentsThe Vatican’s fraud and corruption trial has taken a dramatic twist with a once-powerful cardinal challenging the Vatican’s police commissioner on the stand about one of the more peculiar tangents of the case.
'Crushed' by 2 papacies, John Paul I's death eclipsed life
Read full article: 'Crushed' by 2 papacies, John Paul I's death eclipsed lifePope John Paul I is widely recalled not so much for his life but for the murky circumstances of his abrupt death, 33 days after being elected pontiff in 1978, Now, admirers of the so-called "smiling pope” are using his approaching beatification to focus on the accomplishments of the pope instead of the intrigue surrounding his demise at age 65 which spawned best-sellers alleging he was poisoned or his health was neglected by detractors in the Vatican.
Pope's Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy
Read full article: Pope's Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacyPope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas.
Pope seeks prayers for his 'penitential' Canadian pilgrimage
Read full article: Pope seeks prayers for his 'penitential' Canadian pilgrimagePope Francis has asked for prayers to accompany him on what he is calling his “penitential” pilgrimage to Canada, to apologize to Indigenous groups for abuses inflicted by Catholic institutions.
Banker says he warned Vatican about London fund investor
Read full article: Banker says he warned Vatican about London fund investorThe Vatican’s longtime investment banker has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns about a fund that was investing in a troubled London property, but said the Holy See insisted on pursuing the deal even as it lost money.
Relics and militants: Vatican fraud trial sprawls the globe
Read full article: Relics and militants: Vatican fraud trial sprawls the globeThe Vatican’s financial trial has taken a surreal turn with a defendant asserting she escorted two emissaries of Russian President Vladimir Putin into the Holy See to negotiate the return of relics to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Vatican minister visits Ukraine as pope toes delicate line
Read full article: Vatican minister visits Ukraine as pope toes delicate lineThe Vatican’s foreign minister is heading to Kyiv this week as the Holy See seeks to balance its concern for Ukrainians with its efforts to keep open a channel of dialogue with Russia.
Cardinal: Pope's wheelchair use an example to older adults
Read full article: Cardinal: Pope's wheelchair use an example to older adultsA top Vatican cardinal says Pope Francis’ willingness to work despite knee pain that has made walking nearly impossible shows other older adults that they have wisdom and experience to offer younger generations.
Vatican trial places pope, top aide at center of London deal
Read full article: Vatican trial places pope, top aide at center of London dealThe former director of the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency has testified that Pope Francis asked him to help the Vatican secretariat of state get full control of a London property at the center of a Vatican financial trial.
Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil
Read full article: Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigilPope Francis invoked “gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war” in an Easter vigil homily in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by the mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol and three Ukrainian lawmakers.
Pope Francis calls for an Easter truce in Ukraine
Read full article: Pope Francis calls for an Easter truce in UkrainePope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”.