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In this file photo taken on June 1, 2020 people visit the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) which reopened to the public in The Vatican, while the city-state easAn influential Cardinal and nine others will be tried within the Vatican’s legal system over alleged financial wrongdoing, the…

ROME—The Vatican said it indicted Cardinal Giovanni Becciu and nine other people in connection with a costly investment in London real estate, the source of one the biggest scandals of Pope Francis’s reign. Cardinal Becciu, who was the second highest official at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State when it acquired…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican indicted 10 former officials and business partners on Saturday (July 3), including a cardinal, in connection with a controversial investment in property in London that depleted the church’s finances and undermined its credibility. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 73, who was stripped of his cardinal rights and…

ROME — Pope Francis has agreed to meet in December with Indigenous survivors of Canada's notorious residential schools amid calls for a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Francis had invited the…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Canadian Press Stephanie Taylor Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience at San Damaso courtyard on June 30, 2021 in The Vatican. Photo by TIZIANA FABI /AFP via Getty Images Article content OTTAWA —…

(RNS) — A Palestinian man has appealed to Pope Francis to intercede with the Israeli government to release his son, a humanitarian worker with a Christian aid organization, who has been in jail for more than five years on what the father maintains are manufactured charges. Khalil al Halabi, a…

National Indigenous leaders will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December to set the stage for a formal papal apology in Canada for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, according to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi blessing…

Pope Francis expressed his “affection” for the American people as he met at length Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with the latter declining to delve into “domestic politics" when later asked if the two discussed a campaign by U.S. bishops to deny Communion to Catholic politicians like…

The pope and the American secretary of State exchanged gifts and wisdoms Monday, but whether they discussed the politics dividing the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. remains anyone’s guess. Antony J. Blinken and Pope Francis talked for about 40 minutes, according to the Vatican, and photos that they tweeted…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Reuters Philip Pullella and Humeyra Pamuk Article content VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who was visiting the Vatican in the wake of a decision…