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# Vatican

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Poll: Do you agree with the Vatican's stance on scattering ashes?
Pope aide quizzed by Australian police over allegations of abuse of young boys at swimming pool
Vatican tells Catholics not to scatter ashes of the dead
Pope Francis has opened up his summer holiday home to tourists because he's not using it much
Pope Francis condemns gossipy journalism as a form of terrorism
"There have been people, young women, who took their own lives because of what Brendan Smyth did to them"
Priests say Vatican's representative in Ireland is "out of sync" with the realities of life
Pope approves new measures to fire bishops who mishandled child sexual abuse cases
WATCH: The Edge becomes the first rock musician to play in the Sistine Chapel
Cardinal says it was 'disastrous coincidence' five paedophile priests preyed on children
The Catholic Church still doesn't get the horror of child abuse
Donal O'Keeffe
Church 'mucked up' and dismissed paedophilia allegations, cardinal admits
WATCH: Leonardo DiCaprio met the Pope and chatted to him in Italian
This man is now one of the Pope's most senior Irish officials
Mother Teresa to become saint after Pope recognises second miracle
Renua candidate steps down after labelling Vatican 'the Antichrist'
Pope Francis: 'If you're unstable, see a doctor - don't become a priest'
Pope Francis: War and hatred mean Christmas lights and parties are "all a charade"
The Vatican says the Pope does NOT have a brain tumour
Is 'Vatileaks' back? Machivellian cardinals are plotting against Pope Francis
Vatican dismisses gay priest who came out on eve of meeting regarding homosexual believers
What do you make of the Pope's advice to priests on abortion?
Former Archbishop dies before trial for abusing boys
China has just got its first Catholic bishop in three years
Pope Francis comes clean on his drug use (but the answer isn't hugely surprising)
"Sudden illness" of former Vatican official before trial for sexual abuse
The Vatican thinks the referendum result is "a defeat for humanity"
The Pope hasn't watched TV for 25 years after a promise to the Virgin Mary
The Vatican's finance chief denies trying to bribe sexual abuse victim
Man hangs up on Pope Francis thinking it's a joke phone call
If the Catholic church doesn't urgently signal a change in attitude, I fear for its future
Tony Flannery
A massive row is brewing between Turkey and the Vatican
Mary McAleese: 'Pope Francis carries a residual element of misogyny'
Homeless man buried in Vatican cemetery reserved for senior priests for the first time
Pope Francis stops by a shanty town for a surprise visit and the people love it
The topless woman who tried to steal Baby Jesus out of the Vatican’s crib has been released
The Vatican has found hundreds of millions of euro "tucked away"
Pope sacked church official for selling annulments
Vatican official calls Brittany Maynard's assisted suicide 'wicked'