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King Charles And Queen Camilla To Meet Pope Francis

King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to Italy and the Vatican during the 2025 Jubilee Year strengthens ties with the Catholic Church and promotes peace a...

Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican

Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025

Pope asks aide to deliver his annual foreign policy address, tells ambassadors he's battling a cold

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech and asked an aide to deliver it instead

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2025

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Psychological thriller Conclave looks at the election of the pope. What’s the real story?

The new film Conclave is a psychological thriller looking at the selection of the new pope. But what is a conclave, and where did this ritual begin?

The Conversation · Jan 8, 2025

Vatican Spies by Yvonnick Denoël review – a head-spinning history of saints and sinners

A no-holds-barred account of the Vatican’s covert operations – from escape routes for Nazi war criminals to money laundering for the mafia – is revelatory but sometimes too dense for its own good

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025

Vatican advances beatification process for Belgium's king who abdicated rather than approve abortion

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2024

Vatican’s Palestinian Nativity scene raises eyebrows – and then disappears

Pope Francis is due to meet Abbas, the Palestinian president, at the Vatican

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024

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Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs urgent reform as employees demand transparency

Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican's troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future obligations without “urgent structural” reforms

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024

Meet Luce: Vatican's Anime-inspired Mascot Bridging Tradition And Pop Culture For 2025 Jubilee

Aside from the 2025 Jubilee, Luce will also serve as the official mascot for the Holy See's pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

International Business Times UK · Oct 31, 2024

Vatican tribunal explains conviction of cardinal in ‘trial of the century’

The trial focused on the Vatican secretariat of state’s participation in a fund to develop a former Harrod’s warehouse into luxury apartments

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Pope expels a bishop and 9 other people from a Peru movement over 'sadistic' abuses

Pope 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

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

Pope calls sex abuse ‘demonic’ amid revelations about revered French priest Abbé Pierre

After recent sexual abuse revelations concerning the Abbé Pierre, one of France's most revered public figures, Pope Francis said the Abbé was “a man who did so much good, but he’s also a sinner". He added: “Abuse is in my judgment is something demonic, because every type of abuse destroys…

France 24 · Sep 13, 2024

Pope says sex abuse is ‘demonic’ as he weighs in on new scandal in French church

Pope Francis has weighed in on the latest sex assault revelations that have further discredited a legendary French priest, Abbe Pierre

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024

Francis will be only the second pope to visit Singapore, one of the wealthiest nations

When Pope Francis arrives Wednesday in Asia’s financial powerhouse Singapore for the last leg of a four-nation tour, he is expected to bring his message of unity and hope to one of the world’s richest nations

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2024

Globetrotting Pope Francis starts one of longest papal trips ever – but why?

The Pope who turns 88 in December, uses a wheelchair and lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection as a young man

International Business Times · Aug 30, 2024

Pope Heads To Southeast Asia In Ambitious Trip

Pope Francis embarks Monday on a 12-day trip to Southeast Asia, the longest and farthest of his papacy that will challenge the 87-year-old's increasingly fragile health.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024

Vatican expels founder of Peru's Sodalitium religious movement after probe into abuses, corruption

The Vatican has expelled the founder of an influential Peruvian religious movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after more than a decade of downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse and financial corruption

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

In late response, Vatican 'deplores the offense' of Paris Olympics' opening ceremony tableau

The Vatican says it “deplored the offense” caused to Christians by the Olympic Games opening ceremony

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The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024

Vatican's Pius XII archives shed light on another contentious chapter: The Legion of Christ scandal

The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII are providing details about the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

Not good faith: Vatican rejects broker's claims at the close of a London trial over luxury property

The Vatican is insisting at the close of a trial in London that it was the victim of a years-long fraud over its investment in a London property

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2024

Chief prosecutor defends Vatican's legal system after recent criticism of pope's absolute power

The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has strongly defended the integrity and fairness of the city state’s justice system

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Vatican excommunicates former US ambassador Vigano, declares him guilty of schism

The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, after finding him guilty of schism

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, points finger at deputy who escaped unscathed

Pope Francis’ chief of staff has become one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

Vatican taken to trial for first time in an English court

Financier convicted in Holy See’s tribunal over high-value UK property deal launches civil action in London

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024

Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to UN, accuses pope of violating his rights with surveillance

One of the defendants in the Vatican’s big financial trial has formally complained to the United Nations about the trial

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