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Italy's new rightist PM Meloni gets 'cordial' Vatican audience

Italy's new rightist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Pope Francis and top Vatican officials on Tuesday, holding what the Holy See called "cordial discussions".

Reuters · Jan 10, 2023

Vatican to probe teen's 1983 disappearance

ROME: The Vatican is opening an inquiry into the disappearance of a teenager 40 years ago, a case that has sparked countless theories and a hit TV series.

Bangkok Post · Jan 10, 2023

The Vatican reopens a 40-year-old case of an employee's daughter who disappeared

The Vatican opened a file on the disappearance of a teenage girl months after a new Netflix documentary aired on the case and weeks after her family asked the Italian Parliament to take up the cause.

WEKU · Jan 10, 2023

Pope Francis meets Benedict's top aide as memoir rattles Vatican

Pope Francis on Monday privately met Archbishop Georg Ganswein, former Pope Benedict's closest aide, who has rattled the Vatican with a book describing what he says were the strains while two men wearing white lived within its ancient walls.

Reuters · Jan 9, 2023

Pope meets with Benedict's aide amid funeral, book fallout

Pope Francis has met with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Pope Francis condemns Iran for executing protesters ‘demanding greater respect for women’

‘The right to life is also threatened in those places where the death penalty continues to be imposed’

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Pope Francis Condemns Iran for Using Death Penalty Against Demonstrators

Pope Francis on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators demanding greater respect for women. The pope's remarks, made in his yearly speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, were his strongest since the start of nationwide protests in Iran following the death last September of 22-year-old…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 9, 2023

Pope denounces Iran death penalty following protests

Pope Francis has broken his silence on the nationwide protests convulsing Iran

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Public now can see Benedict's tomb at St. Peter's Basilica

The Vatican is allowing the public to visit the new tomb of Pope Benedict XVI under St. Peter's Basilica

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023

Slovenian Jesuits ask for forgiveness in major abuse case

Slovenia's Jesuits say they believe sexual abuse allegations against a prominent member of their order are true and have asked for forgiveness.

Reuters · Jan 7, 2023