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UV light reveals hidden, never-before-seen version of the Gospel of Matthew on ancient parchment

A historians just found a hidden, ancient fragment of the Bible in the Vatican that no one has seen before.

LiveScience

'The Pope's Exorcist': The real priest who inspired the film

The Rev. Edward Siebert is a key figure behind the new film “The Pope’s Exorcist” starring Russell Crowe

The Independent UK

How to watch The Pope's Exorcist

The Pope Exorcist features Russell Crowe as Father Gabriele Amorth, the real-life lead exorcist for the Vatican. Here's how you can watch the movie.

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Commentary: We can’t let Oak Flat get sold to mining companies

Imagine that a giant mining company announces plans to dig down deep beneath the Vatican to extract precious minerals, collapsing St. Peter’s Basilica into a cavernous pit. While this unlikely scenario would be met with near-universal outrage, it’s effectively what’s happening in southeastern Arizona, to almost no national scrutiny.

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Russell Crowe's latest film slammed as 'unreliable splatter cinema' by Vatican exorcists

Russell Crowe stars as Father Gabriel Amorth - Chief Exorcist of the Vatican - in his latest film The Pope's Exorcist, but some people aren't happy with the movie

Daily Mirror

‘Unreliable splatter’: Vatican exorcists denounce Russell Crowe’s Pope’s Exorcist

The International Association of Exorcists criticised new horror on basis of trailer – but is yet to comment following a full viewing of the film

The Guardian - UK

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian People, Refugees

In an Easter message highlighting hope, Pope Francis on Sunday invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people, praised nations which welcome refugees and called on Israelis and Palestinians wracked by the latest surge in deadly violence to forge a “climate of trust.” Francis, along with dozens of prelates…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Pope, in Easter message, expresses 'deep concern' over Israel-Palestinian violence

Pope Francis noted his "deep concern" on Sunday over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, delivering an Easter Mass in which he denounced the barriers to peace in the world.

Radio France Internationale

In the pope's Easter address, a call to pray for Ukrainians, Russians and refugees

Pope Francis, along with dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of faithful, celebrated Easter Mass in a flower-adorned St. Peter's Square.

WEKU

Pope appeals to Russians for peace in Ukraine in Easter message

Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world.

The New Daily

Pope, big crowd mark Easter in flower-adorned Vatican square

Pope Francis is celebrating Easter Sunday along with dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square

The Independent UK

Watch as Pope Francis takes part in Easter Mass at the Vatican

Watch as Pope Francis takes part in Easter Mass at the Vatican on Sunday 9 April.

The Independent UK

At Easter vigil, Pope Francis encourages hope amid 'icy winds of war'

Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, decrying the "icy winds of war" and other injustices.

Reuters

Pope Francis returns to public eye for Easter vigil Mass

Pope Francis is presiding over Easter vigil Mass at the Vatican

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Pope Francis skips traditional Good Friday procession at the Colosseum in chilly Rome

Pope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, skipped the procession because of cold weather. It was the first time a pope was a no-show at the Colosseum Way of the Cross procession since 2005.

Reuters

After bronchitis, cold weather forces pope to skip outdoor service

Pope Francis presided at one indoor service on Good Friday, but doctors ordered him to skip an outdoor evening "Way of the Cross" procession at Rome's Colosseum after being hospitalised last week for bronchitis.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis to miss Way of the Cross event in cold Rome

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who was recently hospitalized for bronchitis, won’t preside over Good Friday’s Way of the Cross event due to extremely cold weather in Rome

The Conversation

The Vatican just renounced a 500-year-old doctrine that justified colonial land theft … Now what? — Podcast

Last week, the Vatican finally distanced itself from the Doctrine of Discovery — a hundreds of years old decree that justified land theft and enslavement of people who were not Christian.

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Recovered pope washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and washing the feet of inmates in a juvenile prison.

The Independent UK

Pope says he knows what non-binary means, welcomes LGBT people to church: ‘All persons are children of God’

‘God does not reject anybody, God is a father. And I have no right to expel anyone from church’

The Independent UK

Pope leads Holy Thursday service in Vatican basilica

Pope Francis has begun the first of two major Holy Thursday ceremonies

The Conversation

Gabriele Amorth conducted over 60,000 exorcisms and believed Hitler was possessed. Meet the man who inspired The Pope’s Exorcist

Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016) was undoubtedly the most famous Catholic exorcist of the modern era. By his account, Amorth performed at least 60,000 exorcisms during the course of his ministry, sparking a renewed interest for exorcism within Catholicism.

The New Daily

Russell Crowe goes to the dark side in frightening biopic

Oscar-winner Russell Crowe returns to Rome, leaving the Colosseum and heads across town to the Vatican, where he plays Father Gabriele Amorth

The Week

Papal succession: the cardinals in the running to be the next pope

The struggle for control of the Catholic Church is intensifying behind the scenes, as potential successors to Pope Francis begin manoeuvring into position amid talk he could soon step down.

Reuters

Vatican says China has unilaterally appointed bishop to Shanghai

Chinese authorities have appointed a new bishop to Shanghai, the Vatican said on Tuesday, in an apparent violation of a bilateral pact between the two states.

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