Pope Expected to Meet With Abuse Victims in Ireland
The Vatican says Pope Francis is expected to meet with victims of sexual abuse during his weekend visit to Ireland and speak out about the problem.
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Vatican in ‘Shame and Sorrow’ Over Abuses in Pennsylvania
The Vatican expressed “shame and sorrow” Thursday over a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report about clergy who raped and molested children in six dioceses in that state, calling the abuse “criminally and morally reprehensible” and saying Pope Francis wants to eradicate “this tragic horror.”
Read morePope Warns Climate Change Turning Earth Into Desert, Garbage
Pope Francis urged governments on Friday to make good on their commitments to curb global warming, warning that climate change, continued unsustainable development and rampant consumption threatens to turn the Earth into a vast pile of “rubble, deserts and refuse.”
Read moreVatican Media Chief Resigns Over Doctored Letter Scandal
The head of the Vatican’s communications department resigned Wednesday over a scandal about a letter from the retired pope that he mischaracterized in public and then had digitally manipulated in a photograph sent to the media.
Read moreVatican Convicts Ex-Guam Archbishop, but Doesn’t Say of What
The Vatican said Friday it had convicted the suspended Guam archbishop, who was accused of sexually abusing minors, financial mismanagement and other charges, but didn’t say exactly what crimes he had committed.
Read moreVatican Magazine Denounces Nuns’ Servitude
A Vatican magazine has denounced how nuns are often treated like indentured servants by cardinals and bishops, for whom they cook and clean for next to no pay.
Read morePope’s Favorite Madonna Icon in Rome Gets Face-Lift
The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled photos of the restored Salus populi Romani, the Byzantine-style painting on wood located inside the St. Mary Major Basilica. The icon, revered by Romans, will be displayed to the public Sunday when Francis celebrates a special Mass at the basilica.
Read moreCardinal Law, Disgraced Figure in Church Abuse Scandal, Dies
Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Catholicism, died early Wednesday, the Vatican said. He was 86.
Read moreVatican Prosecutors Urged to Go After Money Laundering
European evaluators have praised the Vatican’s financial watchdogs for efficiently flagging suspicious transactions but have once again faulted Vatican prosecutors for failing to bring any money laundering cases to trial.
Read moreJournalist Prosecuted for ‘Vatileaks’ Scandal Pens New Book
An Italian journalist who was put on trial by the Vatican for divulging confidential documents is coming out with a new book promising to reveal fresh secrets about sex, crimes and money in the Holy See.
Read moreVatican Prosecutors Seek 3 Years Jail for Ex-Hospital Boss
Vatican prosecutors on Monday demanded a three-year jail sentence for the former president of the Vatican’s children’s hospital, who is charged with embezzlement for using donations to renovate a cardinal’s apartment.
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Vatican Court Rejects Motions to Dismiss in Hospital Case
A Vatican tribunal rejected attempts by two former executives of the pope’s children’s hospital to dismiss an embezzlement case, asserting Tuesday it could prosecute them on charges they diverted nearly a half-million euros in hospital donations to renovate a top cardinal’s penthouse.
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Trial Set in Case of Donations for Pope’s Hospital for Kids
Other than St. Peter’s Basilica, there is hardly better real estate in Vatican City than the sprawling penthouse apartment in the Vatican gardens, where the rooftop terrace has in-your-face views of the dome itself and overlooks the hotel that Pope Francis calls home.
Read moreVatican to Try 2 Ex-Hospital Officials for Diverting Funds
Vatican prosecutors have indicted the former president and the ex-treasurer of the Vatican’s children’s hospital for allegedly diverting money from the hospital’s fundraising foundation to pay for an extensive renovation to a top cardinal’s apartment.
Read moreVatican Hospital Threatens to Sue AP Over ‘Hoax’ Investigation
The Vatican’s children’s hospital Monday threatened to sue the Associated Press over its investigation into quality of care problems.
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Trump Taps Callista Gingrich as Ambassador to Vatican
The Trump administration has approached the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, days before President Donald Trump embarks on his first foreign trip.
Read moreVatican Celebrates Big Bang to Dispel Faith-Science Conflict
The Vatican is celebrating the big-bang theory. That’s not as out of this world as it sounds.
Read moreTrump to Visit Israel, the Vatican and Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip will include stops in Israel, the Vatican and Saudi Arabia before visits to NATO and a summit in Italy.
Read moreVatican Abuse Probe of Guam Archbishop Heads to Mainland US
Vatican officials prosecuting Guam’s archbishop for alleged sex abuse have moved their investigation from the territory to Hawaii and now the mainland U.S. so they can interview potential witnesses.
Read morePope Frees Jailed Prelate in Leaks Scandal
Pope Francis on Tuesday freed a Vatican monsignor convicted of leaking confidential documents to journalists, granting him a Christmas-time clemency and ending an embarrassing episode for the Holy See.
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