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Vatican considering report into ‘very serious’ allegations against former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders, church says

Archbishop of Perth says the former bishop has denied the ‘deeply distressing’ allegations

The Guardian - AU

Vatican opens up a palazzo built on ancient Roman ruins and housing its highly secretive tribunals

The Vatican has opened the doors to one of Renaissance Rome’s most spectacular palazzos in a show of transparency

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Catholic bishops tell pope that his praise for Russia's imperial past 'pained' Ukrainians

Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops have brought their complaints about the Vatican's diplomatic neutrality in Russia's war on their country to the Holy See itself

The Independent UK

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Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

WEKU

Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it's about charity not conversion

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia

The Independent UK

Vatican and Vietnam agree to open resident Holy See office in Hanoi, as relations improve

Vietnam has formally agreed to let a Vatican representative live in the country and open an office

The Independent UK

Vatican prosecutor seeks 7 years in jail for cardinal, confiscation of $460 million from 10 people

The Vatican prosecutor has asked a court to convict 10 people, including a cardinal, of a range of financial crimes, sentence them to three to 13 years in prison and order the confiscation of more than $460 million to pay the Holy See back for large financial losses over the…

The Independent UK

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Prosecutor cites risky investments as 'grave' violations, in closing of Vatican financial case

The Vatican prosecutor has given his closing arguments in the Vatican's big financial trial

The Independent UK

The pope's Ukraine peace envoy heads to Washington with the plight of children top of his agenda

Pope Francis’ peace envoy is traveling to Washington as part of the Holy See’s peace initiatives for Ukraine

The Independent UK

Vatican reports income boost in charitable fund, even as donations dip following financial scandals

The Vatican says a key charitable fund, Peter's Pence, doubled its income in the last year to 107 million euros

The Independent UK

Vatican says new leads are worth pursuing in the disappearance of employee's daughter 40 years ago

Exactly 40 years after the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee disappeared, the Vatican announced new leads “worthy of further investigation” have surfaced

The Independent UK

Convalescing Pope Francis holds talks with Cuba's president at Vatican

Pope Francis, in his first full week back at the Vatican following abdominal surgery, has met with Cuba's president

The Independent UK

Gareth Evans: the case for recognising Palestine

Since a United Nations General Assembly Resolution vote in November 2012, Palestine has had the status of a state within the UN system. It is not a full member state but, like the Holy See, a non-member observer state. Australia – after a heady debate within the Gillard cabinet –…

The Conversation

What happens to papal power when a pope is unconscious? Nothing

Pope Francis' surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall has raised questions about what happens to papal power when Francis is unconscious or unable to lead the church

The Independent UK

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Franco Mulakkal resigns as Jalandhar Bishop

In a video, the bishop confirmed that the Holy See accepted his resignation today.

The Independent UK

Vatican questions $17 million donation to impact investing fund, moves to prevent similar gifts

The Vatican is seeking clarity after the former director of its U.S. missionary fundraising office oversaw the transfer of at least $17 million of its donations into a new non-profit and private equity fund that he created

The Hindu

Emergency meeting of Syro-Malabar synod to end dispute over Mass

Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop and head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has convened an emergency meeting of the synod of bishops of the Church at its headquarters, St. Thomas Mount, Kakkanad, between June 12 and 16

The Independent UK

Man who rushed Vatican City gate sent for psychiatric care at nearby hospital

The man who drove through one of the gates to Vatican City has been taken to a nearby hospital for psychiatric care

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Zelenskiy asks pope to back Kyiv peace plan, help return children

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday to back Kyiv's peace plan, and the pope indicated the Vatican would help in the repatriation of Ukrainian children taken by Russians.

The Independent UK

Ousted Caritas chief denounces Vatican 'power grab'

The recently ousted head of the Vatican's main charitable organization is breaking six months of silence to denounce his removal as a “brutal power grab.”

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Abuse survivors slam report calling Bishop of Newcastle's association with paedophile as 'error of judgement'

Bishop Robert Byrne stepped down from the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in December

Chronicle Live

Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle resigned after 'errors of judgment' including associating with paedophile, report finds

A report into the resignation of Bishop Robert Byrne highlighted four issues that impacted his role

Daily Mirror

Pope reveals secret peace 'mission' underway in Russia's war on Ukraine

The Pope said the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war

WEKU

Pope Francis says he is open to helping return Ukrainian children taken to Russia

Speaking from the papal plane, Francis said he would be willing to help facilitate the return of children taken to Russia since the war began. And he revealed a secret peace "mission" was under way.

The Independent UK

Pope open to helping return Ukrainian children in Russia

Pope Francis says the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war

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