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Vatican

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FactCheck
Debunked: Image of a goaty statue in the Vatican is AI-generated, not proof of devil worship
7 Nov 2024
4.3k
Marie Collins
Irish woman who resigned from Vatican abuse panel says new report is like 'marking your own homework'
Updated 30 Oct 2024
21.6k
Catholic Church
Vatican's first annual report on child protection calls for 'rigorous approach to reparations'
Updated 29 Oct 2024
11.8k
Catholic Church
Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, increasing the number who will one day elect his successor
6 Oct 2024
14.2k
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Historic Synod
As the Vatican Synod enters its final stage, here's why controversial issues have been put on hold
5 Oct 2024
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Catholic Church
Pope denounces abuse cover-ups and calls for ceasefire in 'martyred' Lebanon as he ends Belgium trip
29 Sep 2024
6.1k
Belgium visit
Pope Francis acknowledges 'atrocious suffering and wounds' caused by abuse within the Church
28 Sep 2024
8.0k
Catholic Church
Vatican recognises Medjugorje shrine but not alleged 'messages' of the Virgin Mary
19 Sep 2024
17.5k
Pontiff
Pope Francis describes upcoming US election as a choice between 'the lesser of two evils'
13 Sep 2024
21.0k
Sexual Abuse
Vatican says child abuse 'never to be tolerated', acknowledges 'harm done to victims'
9 Sep 2024
5.8k
Vatican
Ardal O'Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan amongst comedians to meet Pope Francis
14 Jun 2024
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Careful Now
Ardal O’Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan are all meeting Pope Francis next week
8 Jun 2024
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44
Apology
Pope Francis apologises after reported use of homophobic slur
28 May 2024
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God's Influencer
London-born teenager to become first millennial saint after Pope recognises second miracle
24 May 2024
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Catholic Church
‘Sign of the times’: Two dioceses in the West to lose Bishops as part of Church restructuring
10 Apr 2024
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health concerns
Pope Francis leads Easter vigil in the Vatican after pulling out of earlier event last minute
30 Mar 2024
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19
Surrogacy
Pope Francis calls for universal ban on practice of surrogacy
8 Jan 2024
30.6k
Catholic Church
'Getting ready for the next thousand years': What to expect from conclusion of the Church's Synod
2 Jan 2024
17.8k
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Progress
Pope Francis formally approves allowing priests to bless same-sex couples
18 Dec 2023
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Angelo Becciu
Vatican court convicts and jails cardinal over corruption scandal
16 Dec 2023
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Cop28
Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai for COP28 climate talks on doctors’ orders after getting flu
28 Nov 2023
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Vatican
Pope Francis receiving antibiotics intravenously for lung problem, Vatican says
27 Nov 2023
10.8k
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Catholic Church
Transgender people can be baptised in the Catholic Church, Vatican says
9 Nov 2023
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synod
Hope, fear and change: Inside the Vatican's historic Synod as the first phase comes to an end
‘Often people have told me: “This Synod will not change anything.” Some with hope and some with fear.’
18 Oct 2023
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Catholic Church
‘Medieval misogyny’: Women’s ordination group hopes something ‘tangible’ will come from Synod
18 Oct 2023
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Vatican
Mary McAleese calls on Catholic Church to 'reform out-dated teachings' and ensure equality
13 Oct 2023
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Catholic Church
Pope Francis signals openness to blessing same-sex unions in response to conservative cardinals
2 Oct 2023
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recuperating
Pope to miss Angelus prayers tomorrow while recovering from surgery
10 Jun 2023
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15
Vatican
Pope Francis 'progressively improving and working from an armchair’ after abdominal operation
9 Jun 2023
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Pope Francis' operation on hernia completed 'without complications'
7 Jun 2023
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Vatican
Pope returns to Vatican after hospital tests following bronchitis bout
6 Jun 2023
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8
Vatican
Man arrested after car driven through Vatican gate and into palace courtyard
19 May 2023
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10
Ukraine
Zelenskyy meets Pope as Germany unveils more arms for Ukraine
Updated 13 May 2023
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Urbi et Orbi
Pope Francis urges prayer for 'beloved Ukrainian people' in annual Easter message
9 Apr 2023
7.6k
33
Vatican
'I'm still alive': Pope Francis leaves hospital following treatment for bronchitis
1 Apr 2023
9.2k
14
Catholic Church
Pope Francis extends 2019 sex abuse law to cover lay leaders
25 Mar 2023
9.4k
11
Acropolis
Vatican returns sculpture fragments taken from Parthenon to Greece
24 Mar 2023
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Pope Francis urges end to ethnic hatred at open-air mass in South Sudan
5 Feb 2023
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Pope Francis: Those criminalising homosexuality are 'wrong'
28 Jan 2023
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Australia
Cardinal Pell, whose abuse convictions were overturned, dies aged 81
11 Jan 2023
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