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ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on weapons should be diverted to feed the hungry and distribute vaccines fairly. "Fewer arms and more food, less hypocrisy and more transparency, more…

A convicted murderer has been executed in Missouri after both the state's governor and the US Supreme Court declined to grant clemency sought by Pope Francis on the grounds that the man was intellectually disabled. Ernest Johnson, 61, was found guilty of killing three convenience store employees in 1994. He…

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PARIS — French Catholic clergy sexually abused some 216,000 minors in the seven decades since 1950, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up for decades by a "veil of silence," an independent commission said Tuesday. The commission's two-and-a-half-year investigation was prompted by outrage over a growing number of abuse claims…

THE TRIAL OF a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumes today at the Vatican over alleged financial fraud and a disastrous London property deal paid for with charity funds. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who served as the equivalent of chief of staff for Pope Francis at the time of…

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis hosted scientists and religious leaders in the Vatican Monday, where they signed a joint appeal calling for carbon neutrality and a radical change in lifestyles. “Scientists have warned us that there might be only one decade left to restore the planet,” the appeal declares,” urging…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders on Monday signed a joint appeal to governments to commit to ambitious targets at the upcoming U.N. climate conference, while promising to do their own part to lead their faithful into more sustainable behavior. “We have inherited a garden;…