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Many faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine

By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2022

Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning

Unofficial estimates say country may have highest number of victims of paedophile priests in world

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022

Pope to visit Malta on April 2-3, Vatican says

Pope Francis will visit Malta on April 2-3, the Vatican said on Thursday, a trip that was originally to have taken place in 2020 but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2022

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Ex-pope asks for forgiveness over abuse scandal

Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.

Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2022

Dumping plastic in waterways is 'criminal', pope says in TV interview

Dumping plastic in waterways is "criminal" and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television interview on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2022

Moroccan boy's death sparks an outpouring of sympathy

The death of 5-year-old Rayan Awram despite a massive effort to rescue him from a deep well sparked an outpouring of sympathy on Sunday, from his village in northern Morocco to the Vatican, from King Mohammed to international football clubs.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2022

Azhar, Vatican Celebrate Human Fraternity Int’l Day

Marking International Day of Human Fraternity US President Joe Biden urged all nations to work together, saying that global challenges are "too great for any one nation or group of people to solve." Biden insisted that problems such as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, and violent conflicts "require us to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 5, 2022

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'I was chucked out of the Vatican for looking too sexy - I felt so disrespected'

While visiting Rome late last month, an influencer headed to the Vatican to take some snaps. However, she claims staff ordered her to leave on account of her 'being too sexy'

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022

Biden Joins Sheikh Al-Azhar, Pope Francis in Calling for ‘Human Fraternity'

US President Joe Biden joined Pope Francis and a leading Sunni imam on Friday in calling for greater global cooperation to fight the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and other world crises on the second anniversary of a landmark Christian-Muslim peace initiative. The Vatican released a statement from Biden marking the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

Vatican orders investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against retired Broome bishop Christopher Saunders

Documents obtained by the ABC reveal the Vatican has commenced an investigation into retired Broome bishop Christopher Saunders, who has been accused of sexual misconduct but never charged with any related offence.

ABC News · Feb 3, 2022

Irishman removed from Vatican by police after shouting abuse at Pope Francis during audience

The Pontiff was in the middle of his weekly general audience when he was interrupted by the maskless man

Irish Mirror · Feb 3, 2022

Liberal cardinal calls for revised Catholic teaching on gays

A prominent liberal cardinal who leads a body representing European bishops has called for "fundamental revision" in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, and said it is wrong to fire Church workers for being gay.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Vatican, Italy bishop slam "profane" Sanremo performance

The Vatican and an Italian Catholic bishop have protested a performance at Italy’s Sanremo music festival that featured a “profane” faux baptism on stage, lamenting in particular that it was broadcast on Italian public television

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Italy court definitively annuls warrant for Vatican suspect

An Italian appeals court has definitively annulled the arrest warrant for the prime suspect in the Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

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The Hindu · Feb 2, 2022

Thomas J. Netto appointed Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram Latin Archdiocese

He succeeds Soosa Pakiam M. who had relinquished official responsibilities after he turned 75 in March last year but continued to remain in overall charge while awaiting fresh arrangements by the Vatican

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Italy military chaplain hits back at vaccine-mandate critic

Italy’s Catholic military chaplain has pushed back strongly against calls by a former Vatican ambassador for the armed forces to resist COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Shouting man interrupts papal audience, taken away by police

A man interrupted Pope Francis' general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, shouting "This is not the Church of God!" in English and waving a medical mask he had removed from his face before being taken away by police, a Reuters witness said.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2022

Pope blesses those everyone loves to hate - tax collectors

Pope Francis on Monday encouraged the people everyone loves to hate - tax collectors - telling them that while they will never win popularity contests, they were vital for the functioning of a fair society.

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The Conversation · Jan 28, 2022

Pope Benedict faulted over sex abuse claims: New report is just one chapter in his – and Catholic Church’s – fraught record

An in-depth report released last week alleges that former Pope Benedict XVI allowed four abusive priests in Munich to remain in ministry. The pope, then known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led the German archdiocese from 1977 to 1982.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022

Vatican selling London property at heart of fraud trial

The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury London building that is at the heart of a fraud and embezzlement trial under way in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal

Reuters · Jan 28, 2022

Vatican has signed contract to sell London building at core of corruption trial

The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury building in London which is at the heart of an ongoing corruption trial, the Holy See's economy minister said on Friday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 28, 2022

Pope: Covid fake news is human rights violation

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022

With 'Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake,' author Matt Baglio digs up the truth

For his 2009 book "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist," author Matt Baglio explored an exorcism class at a Vatican-sponsored university in Rome.

Reuters · Jan 26, 2022

Critics of former pope are scapegoating him over abuse, Vatican says

The Vatican on Wednesday hit back at critics of former Pope Benedict, under scrutiny over his handling of sex abuse in Germany decades ago, accusing them of seeking a scapegoat over what should be a "collective examination" of the Church's past.

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022

Vatican defends Benedict after report faults abuse record

The Vatican is strongly defending Pope Benedict XVI’s record in fighting clergy sexual abuse after an independent report faulted his handling of four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany

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