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Pope Francis draws more than a million pilgrims to vigil in Portugal

An estimated 1.5 million young people filled a field Saturday in the Portuguese capital for Pope Francis’ World Youth Day vigil, braving scorching heat to secure a spot for the evening prayer and to camp out overnight and be in place for his final farewell Mass on Sunday morning.

France 24

Pope Francis blasts clergy sex abuse ‘scandal’ in Portugal and meets with survivors

The Vatican says Francis met with 13 abuse victims for more than an hour

Evening Standard

As the pope heads to Portugal, he is laying the groundwork for the church's future and his legacy

Pope Francis is embarking this week on a five-day trip to Portugal for World Youth Day

The Independent UK

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A rebounding Pope Francis adds an overnight visit to France to his busy travel schedule

The Vatican says Pope Francis will make a two-day trip to Marseille, France, in late September

The Independent UK

For clergy abuse survivors, Sinead O'Connor's protest that offended so many was brave and prophetic

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor destroyed a photo of Pope John Paul II on U.S. national television

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor, controversial Irish singer, dies at 56

‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ vocalist was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ruins of ancient Nero's Theater discovered under garden of future Four Seasons near Vatican

Rome’s next luxury hotel has some very good bones

The Independent UK

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Vatican abuse investigators begin their audit of secretive Peru-based Catholic society

Two key Vatican investigators have begun an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. following allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits

The Independent UK

Jesuits confirm expulsion of priest artist and lament Vatican norms preclude further sanction

The Jesuits say a famous artist priest has been definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

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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The Independent UK

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

Zenger

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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

Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

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

Tribune News Service

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

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