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In Bahrain, pope's message may get caught in Shi'ite-Sunni Muslim divide

Pope Francis leaves on Thursday for Bahrain, a trip aimed at improving ties with the Islamic world but which could thrust him into a human rights conflict between the Sunni-led monarchy and its Shi'ite Muslim opposition.

Reuters

Bahrain's Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit

Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week

The Independent UK

Pope urged to talk of human rights, political prisoners, in Bahrain visit

Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis on Monday to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during his trip to the Gulf state this week.

Reuters

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Vatican's anti-child abuse panel to issue first full report in 2024

The Vatican panel due to produce annual reports on child abuse prevention within the Catholic Church will not deliver its first full review until 2024, its secretary said on Friday.

Reuters

Irish clerics say Pope is 'absolutely right' that priests and nuns watch porn which is a 'social evil' in Ireland

Pope Francis warned seminarians at the Vatican in Rome on Monday that porn is a temptation which 'weakens the priestly heart'

Irish Mirror

New Vatican document hints at LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church

A new Vatican document mentioning the marginalization of LGBTQ people is being celebrated by an LGBTQ-inclusive U.S.Catholic group as “evidence that we are in a new moment of conversation about LGBTQ issues in the Catholic Church.”

Tribune News Service

Bishop Christopher Saunders still in Broome despite Vatican decree to leave diocese

Bishop Christopher Saunders continues to live in church-owned properties in Broome despite the Pope's instruction that he leave the outback diocese.

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‘A vice so many have’: Pope admits nuns and priests not immune to porn

Francis urges use of social media to promote Christian message but says vice of pornography, even among clergy, allows devil to enter

The Guardian - UK

Shireen Abu Akleh’s family meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

A Catholic mass has been held in memory of the Al Jazeera journalist, who was killed by Israeli forces in May.

Al Jazeera

France's Macron arrives in Vatican City, meets Pope Francis for the third time

French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis held nearly an hour of private talks on Monday, part of Macron's trip to Italy to attend an international conference.

France 24

Pope, Macron meet at Vatican; Ukraine concerns loom large

Pope Francis has met at the Vatican with French President Emmanuel Macron

The Independent UK

As Macron meets Pope Francis, abuse victims urge swifter reparations

A group of victims of sexual abuse says the Catholic church is reacting too slowly to a report revealing assaults by French clergy on more than 200,000 children, and is urging President Emmanuel Macron to raise the issue directly with Pope Francis on Monday.

Reuters

Vatican and China extend their deal on bishop appointments

The Vatican and China have extended their oft-criticized deal on the appointment of bishops

The Independent UK

Vatican confirms renewal of contested accord with China on bishops' appointments

The Vatican on Saturday said that it and China had renewed a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country.

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Jeff Bezos gets philanthropy award at Vatican even as ex-wife gives away more of her fortune

Ex-wife MacKenzie Scott giving away her billions at a faster clip, according to observers

The Independent UK

Pope extends synod process for a year amid apathy, criticism

Pope Francis has decided to extend by a year a lengthy global consultation of ordinary Catholics about the future of the Catholic Church

The Independent UK

Pope gives pep talk to big lay group after tightening rules

Pope Francis has given encouragement to a major Catholic lay group after the Vatican tightened rules to put checks on their leadership

Reuters

Cardinal asked Vatican police to keep woman's embezzlement secret, court told

A cardinal at the centre of a Vatican corruption trial asked the city-state's police in 2020 not to disclose evidence that a woman who was working for him had embezzled money for personal use that was supposed to pay ransom for a kidnapped nun, a police officer told a court…

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On Second Vatican Council anniversary, Pope urges Catholic unity

Pope Francis on Tuesday called for church unity during one of the most polarised periods in modern Catholic history, as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.

The Independent UK

Pope marks 60th anniversary of Second Vatican Council

Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era

Reuters

Breakaway church gives gay ex-monk what Vatican would deny him: a holy wedding

Anselm Bilgri, a former monk and prior at one of Germany's most famous monasteries, had to leave the Roman Catholic Church to wed his long-term male partner. Now he hopes their wedding within a breakaway church will normalise such unions.

Reuters

Vatican reminds North Korea that pope ready to visit if invited

The Vatican on Friday reminded North Korea, whose recent firing of missiles has heightened tensions in Asia, that Pope Francis is eager to visit the country to help the cause of peace if Pyongyang makes an official invitation.

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Photos: Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald, Zach Johnson tour Rome one year out from matches in Italy

The American and European captains saw everything from the Vatican to the Colosseum.

Evening Standard

US tourist arrested for smashing 2000-year-old busts at the Vatican ‘after being refused meeting with Pope’

The tourist allegedly damaged the ancient busts after being refused a meeting with Pope Francis

The Independent UK

US tourist arrested after smashing ancient Roman sculptures in response to not seeing Pope at Vatican

It will take 300 hours to repair the two ancient busts and cost €15,000

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