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Remember Ukrainians in shelters, pope says; thanks Poland for refugee help

Pope Francis on Wednesday asked people around the world to remember Ukrainians in underground shelters seeking protection from bombardments and thanked Poland for taking in the bulk of refugees from the war.

Reuters

Pope gives fathers working at Vatican 3-day paternity leave

Pope Francis has decided to grant a three-day paternity leave to new fathers who work at the Vatican

The Independent UK

Vatican judge rejects defence motions; rules fraud trial will go on

The defence at a Vatican corruption trial failed definitively on Tuesday to have charges against their clients dropped and the judge ordered it to begin in earnest with the questioning of a cardinal.

Reuters

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Vatican says ready to 'facilitate dialogue' between Russia and Ukraine

The Vatican is ready to "facilitate dialogue" between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, its top diplomat said on Monday.

Reuters

William and Kate, Pope make rare statements on Ukraine following Russian invasion

In a rare political statement, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge express solidarity with the people of Ukraine following Russia's invasion.

ABC News

Pope called Ukraine president; expressed 'profound pain'

Pope Francis called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday and expressed his "most profound pain" for the country's suffering, the Ukrainian Embassy to the Vatican said.

Reuters

Ukraine invasion: Pope Francis visits Russian embassy to 'express concern'

Francis broke with protocol to make the intervention

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Departing from protocol, pope goes to Russian embassy over Ukraine

Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy to the Vatican on Friday to relay his concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Moscow's ambassador, in an unprecedented departure from diplomatic protocol.

Reuters

Pope cancels Florence visit, Ash Wednesday service due to knee pain

Pope Francis has been forced to cancel a trip to Florence this Sunday and Ash Wednesday services next week, because of an acute flare up of pain in his knee, the Vatican said on Friday.

Reuters

Vatican hopes for "glimmer of conscience" from leaders on Ukraine

The Vatican, in its first comment since Russia invaded Ukraine, said on Thursday it hoped that those who hold the destiny of the world in their hands will have a "glimmer of conscience".

Reuters

25 years later, Legion of Christ victims seek reparations

It has been 25 years since a Connecticut newspaper exposed one of the Catholic Church’s biggest sexual abuse scandals

The Independent UK

Argentine bishop had porn on phone, priest says at second day of abuse trial

An Argentine bishop requested massages from young men studying to be priests and stored pornographic photos on his phone, witnesses testified on Tuesday on the second day of the cleric's trial for sex abuse.

Reuters

Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church

Thousands of Arizona Catholics recently learned they may have been improperly baptized with the wrong words

The Independent UK

Lawyers: papal decrees violated fraud suspects' human rights

Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial have accused Pope Francis of violating their clients' human rights by issuing four secret, executive decrees that resulted in an improper investigation and deprived them of basic legal guarantees

The Independent UK

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Abuser priest attends Vatican symposium on priesthood - witnesses

A Vatican symposium on the priesthood, including discussions on sexual abuse, was embarrassed on Friday by the discovery that a French priest disciplined for alleged sexual abuse was among the attendees, witnesses said.

The Independent UK

Vatican spy story takes center stage as fraud trial resumes

The Vatican’s big fraud and extortion trial is exposing some unseemly realities of how the Holy See operates

The Independent UK

Vatican tries to reboot priesthood amid crisis over abuses

The Vatican has opened a three-day conference on rebooting the Catholic priesthood amid a drop in vocations and a credibility crisis over sex abuse scandals

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why are thousands of baptisms deemed invalid?

Catholic officials say words matter

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Thousands of baptisms invalidated by priest’s use of one wrong word

Priest in Phoenix, Arizona, resigns after mistakenly using the phrase ‘we baptize you’ instead of ‘I baptize you’ for years

The Independent UK

Vatican ponders priesthood amid abuse research, revelations

The Vatican this week is hosting a three-day symposium on the Catholic priesthood amid renewed public attention on clergy sex abuse scandals and fresh research into the abuses of priestly power

Daily Mirror

Woman kicked out of Vatican over sexy outfit says she will stop being Catholic

Juju Vieira wore a fitted dress and long boots to the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church but was told she was not dressed properly and asked to leave

ABC News

US Catholic priest resigns after performing thousands of invalid baptisms over 20 years

Father Andres Arango apologises for using the word "we" instead of "I" when performing baptisms — a change which meant the thousands of baptisms he performed during his 20 years as a priest in Brazil, California and Arizona were found to be invalid.

Reuters

Ukraine would welcome Vatican mediation, wants papal visit soon - ambassador

Ukraine is open to a Vatican mediation of its conflict with Russia and wants Pope Francis to visit as soon as possible, even in the current situation, Kyiv's new ambassador to the Holy See said on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin increasing military options

Ukraine news from February 14: Pentagon says Putin is adding more military force and capability near Ukraine’s borders.

The Independent UK

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

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