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China says unaware of issue after Vatican complains about bishops pact

China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was unaware "of the specific issue" after the Vatican accused Chinese authorities of violating a bilateral pact on the appointment of bishops by installing one in a diocese not recognised by the Holy See.

Reuters

Vatican says China violated pact on bishops, expresses regret

The Vatican on Saturday accused Chinese authorities of violating a bilateral pact on the appointment of bishops by installing one in a diocese not recognised by the Holy See.

Reuters

Vatican court hears secret recording of pope on hostage fees

The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case has heard from an unusual witness

The Independent UK

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Vatican hit with $9.25 million claim by ousted auditor and deputy

The Vatican's first auditor general and his deputy, who were appointed in 2015 and fired two years later, are suing the Holy See for 9.3 million euros ($9.25 million) in damages, alleging they were sacked after discovering financial irregularities.

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

Cardinal challenges Vatican cop over hostage payments

The Vatican’s fraud and corruption trial has taken a dramatic twist with a once-powerful cardinal challenging the Vatican’s police commissioner on the stand about one of the more peculiar tangents of the case

The Independent UK

Vatican cardinal cites Nazi theology in German reform

A new debate has erupted over the German Catholic Church's reform process

The Independent UK

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Vatican affirms sanctioning Nobel-winning bishop over sex scandal

Holy See says it received allegations over Carlos Ximenes Belo’s behaviour in East Timor 2019, and then sanctioned him.

Al Jazeera

UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders, by the numbers

The gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly is over

The Independent UK

Bishop Christopher Saunders ordered to leave the Kimberley as Catholic Church confirms investigation

The Vatican orders former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders to physically leave the remote diocese, as a fresh investigation into sexual misconduct allegations gets underway.

ABC News

Vatican sends holy rouleur Down Under on world road cycling mission

Endorsed by Pope Francis, this one-man team is in here ‘to cultivate a spirit of altruism, generosity and community’

The Guardian - AU

Vatican cyclist spreading the pope's message at worlds

A plain white helmet like the pope’s skullcap

The Independent UK

Q&A: Pope, Chinese leader Xi to cross paths in Kazakhstan

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Kazakhstan will overlap with that of Pope Francis, though the Vatican says there are no plans for them to meet

The Independent UK

Russia's war in Ukraine the backdrop to pope's Kazakh visit

Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Holy See’s strained relations with China are the backdrop to Pope Francis’ visit to Kazakhstan

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Special presidential envoy asks pope to 'pray for Taiwan'

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's special envoy met Pope Francis on Sunday and asked him to "pray for Taiwan", on a trip the Taipei government has cast as a demonstration of their close relations even as the Holy See courts China.

The Independent UK

Pope meets with cardinals on future direction of church

Pope Francis has wrapped up two days of closed-door meetings with about 180 cardinals including the newest ones

The Guardian - UK

Vatican watchers on alert as Pope embarks on busy four days

Pope Francis to begin intense series of meetings and ceremonies that has brought all cardinals to Rome

The Independent UK

'Rescind the Doctrine' protest greets pope in Canada

Pope Francis has come face-to-face with a long-standing demand from Indigenous peoples during his Canada pilgrimage

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Diamond jeweller Rohan Milne built a career working with rare gems. Then came a mysterious offer

Rohan Milne is not your average jeweller. In fact, he's worked in some of the most prestigious and secretive ateliers in the world. Then came an email offering to sell him diamonds recovered from a heist.

Reason

Hobbes' Leviathan and Thousands of Others Were Off-Limits to Catholics

Leviathan was a challenge to the governing independence of the Holy See.

The Independent UK

Pope's Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas

The Independent UK

Vatican imposes new investment policy amid financial scandal

The Vatican has centralized and overhauled its investment strategy after a botched deal lost tens of millions of euros

Reuters

Exclusive-Pope to give women a say in appointment of bishops

Pope Francis said he wants to give women more top-level positions in the Holy See and disclosed that for the first time he would name women to a previously all-male Vatican committee that helps him select the world's bishops.

Inverse

7 years ago, 'Final Fantasy 14' proved it is the best game in the series

The first expansion to 'Final Fantasy XIV' has paved the way for the masterful storytelling the MMO has delivered in subsequent expansions.

Zenger

PulitzerPrize- Winning Historian Details Pius XII’s Troubling Alliances With Mussolini, Hitler

New book examines the controversial WWII legacy of the pontiff known as “Hitler's Pope.”

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