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Vatican is moving ahead with plan to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia with their families

The Vatican is pressing ahead with a plan to try to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war with their families

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Pope Benedict's ex-secretary won't get a permanent job in his new German archdiocese

Church authorities say the longtime secretary to the late Pope Benedict XVI won’t be given a permanent job in the German archdiocese where he has settled, but will lead regular services at Freiburg’s cathedral and can take on “individual assignments” such as confirmations

The Independent UK

The pope's Ukraine peace envoy heads to Washington with the plight of children top of his agenda

Pope Francis’ peace envoy is traveling to Washington as part of the Holy See’s peace initiatives for Ukraine

The Independent UK

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The Vatican's next doctrinal guardian defends the book on kissing he wrote as a young priest

Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes

The Independent UK

DS Penske returns to Italy as Formula E action cranks up

Formula E visited Rome for the first time in Season 4 (2017-2018) and has returned every year since, with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. On 11 April 2018, the electric single-seater championship even received the blessing of Pope Francis, to whom the car was presented outside…

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Vatican weighs in on latest 'Vatican Girl' tempest after investigations are reopened

The Vatican is trying to tampe down the latest tempest over the 1983 disappearance of a Vatican employee’s teenage daughter

The Independent UK

Israeli Foreign Minister To Embark On Diplomatic Tour To Serbia, Italy, And Vatican City

Eli Cohen's visit aims to strengthen ties and address diplomatic issues in the region.

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Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including prelates based in Hong Kong and Jerusalem

Cardinals serve as advisers to the pontiff on matters of teaching and administration, but their most crucial duty is gathering in secret conclave to decide the next pontiff.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hong Kong's newly named Roman Catholic cardinal wants reconciliation and more hope for young people

Hong Kong’s newly named Roman Catholic cardinal says he hopes for reconciliation and wants the city to give young people more hope following the economic downturn and a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement

The Independent UK

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals

Francis has now named nine batches of new cardinals in his 10-year papacy. Increasingly, the men who will vote for whoever succeeds Francis are churchmen supportive of his values.

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Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including prelates based in Hong Kong and Jerusalem.

Pope Francis has announced he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong, places where Catholics are a small minority

The Independent UK

US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world

American groups have helped to establish global web who share ideas and funding in bid to restrict gay and trans rights

The Guardian - US

Pope taps US priest known for LGBTQ advocacy to join Vatican meeting on mission of Catholic church

Pope Francis has selected a Jesuit priest known for his LGBTQ advocacy to take part in a weeks-long gathering of bishops and laypeople later this year.

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Pope Francis asks Church to identify 21st-century martyrs slain 'only because they are Christians'

Pope Francis has set up a special commission that will identify those he hails as the new martyrs of the 21st century

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Watchdog group slams Pope Francis’ pick for investigating priest sex abuse

The priest selected by Pope Francis to lead Vatican investigations of child sex abuse helped cover up such abuse in Argentina, according to a watchdog group.

The Independent UK

Pope appoints bishop from his Argentine homeland to lead powerful Vatican doctrinal watchdog office

Pope Francis has chosen a bishop from his Argentine homeland for one of the Vatican's most powerful positions — head of the watchdog office that ensures doctrinal orthodoxy

Bangkok Post

Thai business leader earns top Catholic honour

The Vatican has bestowed the Grand Cross of the Order, the highest rank in the Order of St Gregory the Great, to a Thai individual for his outstanding service to the Catholic Church and the wider community.

The Independent UK

Vatican reports income boost in charitable fund, even as donations dip following financial scandals

The Vatican says a key charitable fund, Peter's Pence, doubled its income in the last year to 107 million euros

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Pope's peace envoy arrives in Moscow after the short-lived Wagner rebellion

Pope Francis’ peace envoy has arrived in Moscow

The Independent UK

Pope Francis invites artists to the Sistine Chapel as the Vatican seeks a new cultural dialogue

Pope Francis has praised artists as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent

The Independent UK

Vatican sends Bolivia diary of late priest who allegedly abused minors in the Andean nation

The Vatican has sent Bolivia the diary of the late Alfonso Pedrajas, a Jesuit priest who died in 2009 and allegedly confessed to having abused several minors in the country dating back to the 1980s

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula sees Pope Francis in 'very friendly' encounter on busy day in Rome

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has given Pope Francis a warm hug as he arrived for a meeting

The Independent UK

Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, 'radical inclusion' of LGBTQ+

An unprecedented global canvassing of Catholics has called for the church to take concrete steps to promote women to decision-making roles

The Independent UK

Convalescing Pope Francis holds talks with Cuba's president at Vatican

Pope Francis, in his first full week back at the Vatican following abdominal surgery, has met with Cuba's president

The Independent UK

A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?

A French nun is charting an unprecedented period of reform in the Catholic Church as one of the highest-ranking women at the Vatican

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