# vatican - Sunday 5 June, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced rumours that the 85-year-old, who is suffering mobility problems, might resign.
# vatican - Sunday 29 May, 2022
# Pope Francis
# Pope Francis
Many of the names are figures from outside Europe, keeping with Francis’s determination to have church leaders reflect the global face of the Catholic Church.
# vatican - Saturday 28 May, 2022
# Vatican
# Vatican
His legacy was tarnished by his support for the paedophile founder of an influential religious order.
# vatican - Friday 1 April, 2022
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
Numerous investigations into the former residential schools are underway across Canada after the discovery of mass unmarked graves.
# vatican - Monday 24 January, 2022
# Pope Benedict
# Pope Benedict
He says an editorial error was responsible for his previous assertion that he was not there.
# vatican - Friday 29 October, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
Biden’s support of abortion rights and same-sex marriage has put him at odds with many US bishops.
# vatican - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
The case was the Vatican ’s first criminal trial for such allegations.
# vatican - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
Cardinal Angelo Becciu served as the equivalent of chief of staff for Pope Francis at the time of the deal.
# vatican - Saturday 21 August, 2021
# Banned
# Banned
The retired archbishop has been banned from public service.
# vatican - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Angelo Becciu
# Angelo Becciu
It’s the largest criminal trial in the Vatican ’s modern history.
# vatican - Saturday 3 July, 2021
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
Cardinal Angelo Becciu is among those facing an indictment.
# vatican - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Evening Fix
# Evening Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# Vatican
# Vatican
The Vatican argues the anti-homophobia law violates a treaty between Rome and the Holy See.
# vatican - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Abortion Views
# Abortion Views
Biden supports the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision affirming a woman’s right to an abortion.
# vatican - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Vatican
# Vatican
It came after repeated complaints by victims of sexual abuse and others that previous wording within the code was outdated and opaque.
# vatican - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Papal Visit
# Papal Visit
Foreign minister Fuad Hussein said Iraqis were eager to welcome Francis’s ‘message of peace and tolerance’.
# vatican - Sunday 10 January, 2021
# Capitol Violence
# Capitol Violence
Pope Francis urged the US authorities to protect democratic values.
# vatican - Saturday 28 November, 2020
# Vatican
# Vatican
Pope Francis has created 95 new cardinals since his election in 2013.
# vatican - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Vatican
# Vatican
George Pell was convicted but ultimately absolved by Australia’s High Court of sex abuse allegations.
# vatican - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Resignation
# Resignation
The 72-year-old was named as a cardinal in summer 2018.
# vatican - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Papal Peck
# Papal Peck
The image of Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of an admirer last week was an instant hit on social media.
# vatican - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Pontifical Secret
# Pontifical Secret
The reform is part of changes being introduced by the Church today.
# vatican - Saturday 30 November, 2019
# Nativity
# Nativity
The thumb-sized relic was unveiled to worshippers at the Notre Dame church in Jerusalem.
# vatican - Sunday 6 October, 2019
# Vatican
# Vatican
The move is part of discussions to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon region.
# vatican - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Australia
# Australia
He was once the Vatican ’s third highest-ranking official.
# vatican - Sunday 28 July, 2019
# Emanuela Orlandi
# Emanuela Orlandi
Emanuela Orlandi was the daughter of a Vatican City employee. She disappeared on 22 June 1983.
# vatican - Saturday 20 July, 2019
# Dna Tests
# Dna Tests
Emanuela Orlandi was last seen leaving a music class in Rome in 1983.
# vatican - Saturday 13 July, 2019
# Emanuela Orlandi
# Emanuela Orlandi
The tombs of two 19th-century princesses were opened in the hope of finding the remains of Emanuela Orlandi – but they were empty.
# vatican - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Emanuela Orlandi
# Emanuela Orlandi
Not only was Emanuela Orlandi’s body not found, the tombs did not hold the skeletons of the two princesses supposed to be buried there.
# vatican - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
# Emanuela Orlandi
# Emanuela Orlandi
Emanuela Orlandi was last seen leaving a music class aged 15 in June 1983.
# vatican - Monday 10 June, 2019
# Vatican
# Vatican
The document was immediately denounced by LGBT Catholics as contributing to bigotry and violence.
# vatican - Monday 13 May, 2019
# Holey Show
# Holey Show
It is believed the supply had been shut off due to unpaid electricity bills amounting to around €300,000.
# vatican - Thursday 28 March, 2019
# Viral
# Viral
The video was shared online and had gained more than 11 million views on Twitter.
# vatican - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Vatican Shake-up
# Vatican Shake-up
The Vatican has yet to give an explanation for the resignation of Greg Burke and his deputy Paloma Garcia Ovejero.
# vatican - Friday 2 November, 2018
# Rome
# Rome
Another potential victim emerged today.
# vatican - Friday 12 October, 2018
# Donald Wuerl
# Donald Wuerl
He was blamed for not doing enough to deal with paedophile priests when he was a bishop in Pennsylvania.
# vatican - Monday 8 October, 2018
# Theodore McCarrick
# Theodore McCarrick
Pope Francis approved a study into how the US cardinal rose through the ranks of the Catholic Church despite allegations against him.
# vatican - Friday 21 September, 2018
# Catholic Chuch
# Catholic Chuch
An entire Chilean delegation of 34 bishops tendered their resignation to the pope in May. He has now accepted seven of them.
# vatican - Thursday 20 September, 2018
# Sincere
# Sincere
The U2 frontman had a half-hour meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday.
# vatican - Thursday 13 September, 2018
# Abuse Cover-Up
# Abuse Cover-Up
The meeting was called amid a crisis of confidence in church leadership following sex abuse and cover-up revelations.
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