Tag: Vatican City

Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has invited representatives of Lebanon’s Christian community to the Vatican on July 1 for a day of prayer and...

Pope kisses hand of Auschwitz survivor

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has kissed the tattoo of an Auschwitz survivor during a general audience on Wednesday. ...

Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued

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ROME — One night in early 2019, Rome street artist Alessia Babrow glued a stylized image of Christ she had made onto a bridge...

Pope moves youth seminary out of Vatican amid abuse trial

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ROME — Pope Francis has decided to move a youth seminary outside Vatican City, taking action before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal renders a verdict...

US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis

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VATICAN CITY — John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday, afterward calling the pope a “compelling moral...

Vatican No. 2 intervenes to shed light on Swiss Guard deaths

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ROME — The Vatican secretary of state has intervened personally to shed light on one of the most sensational Vatican scandals of recent times:...

Pope prays for pandemic’s end and for a ‘horizon of hope’

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in a special prayer service on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica invoked the end of the pandemic and a...

Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops

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ROME — Pope Francis sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals...

Pope ordains 9 priests, saying: stay humble, compassionate

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church nine new priests, encouraging them in an ordination ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica...

Pope: Migrants begged for help at sea, shamefully ignored

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days...