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IFAD link to confessed kidnapper of Emanuela Orlandi
ROME– A self-syled secret agent who claims he helped kidnap Vatican schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi was convicted for killing in 1983 the son of a Uruguayan official at the UN food agency IFAD, police
Book review: The Vatican Diaries, John Thavis
"Christianity -- not like having an identity card": Pope celebrates Feast of St. George
ROME--Pope Francis today celebrated his name day, the Feast of St. George, presiding over morning Mass in the Pauline Chapel within the Apostolic Palace.
Cardinal bonuses cut in Vatican spending review
ROME-- Pope Francis has unveiled his new spending review, making the decision to cut the bonuses of the five cardinal commissioners who sit on the board of supervision for the IOR or Vatican Bank.
Tug of war with "rebel" American nuns continues as Francis makes first Curia appointment
ROME-- Pope Francis has appointed Jose Rodriguez Carballo as the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, the second highest position at the Vatican’s office for the overseeing of religious orders.
A leader for difficult times
Pope calls for peace in Korea, Mideast in Easter address
Francis celebrates Way of The Cross
Francis washes prisoners' feet on Holy Thursday
ROME-- The Pope marked Holy Thursday with a celebration in St Peter’s Basilica this morning before moving to Casal del Marmo juvenile delinquent centre this afternoon.
Two popes' historic encounter
ROME -- Pope Francis had an historic meeting with Emeritus pope Benedict XVI at the apostolic summer palace in Castel Gandolfo today.
Francis meets envoys to 'build peace'
Pope Francis: Continuing to break tradition
ROME-- Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Holy Thursday at the Casa del Marmo juvenile detention centre, the Vatican announced this morning.
El Papa Porteño – faux naïf
ROME-- In one of the galleries of the Vatican, there are a series of stunning 17th century maps covering the whole world then known in Rome.
‘Viva Il Papa’: Francis’s inaugural mass
ROME-- Between 150-200 thousand people from all over the world filled St Peter’s square to celebrate the first mass of Pope Francis’ papacy.
The Postmodern Pope
ROME-- He cares about the poor. But he rejects the Marxist Liberation Theology meta-narrative where “the poor” are a class. He knows and has helped poor people in familial ways as individuals. For Pope Francis the beauty is in the details, the white cassock, the small car, riding the bus, carrying his own luggage.
Francis charms as Curia braces for expected purge
Scandal in the Conclave
ROME—Clouds of incense and puffs of white smoke are traditionally associated with the ancient rites accompanying the election of a pope, but the cardinals who threw their support behind Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio were seeking to throw off an unpleasant whiff of scandal and hypocrisy.
Viva il Papa
ROME-- The South Americans, the Italians, and the journalists think the Cardinals chose well, the surprise Pope, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina.
Election of Francis sparks surprise and joy
ROME-- Pope Francis marked his first full day as pontiff with a solemn visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome yesterday, underlining the Jesuit's devotion to Mary.
Argentine Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
Choosing a Pope
We Are Church: New Pope needs to drive reform
ROME-- We Are Church, an influential Catholic dissident movement held a press conference in Rome today to outline their thoughts on the conclave and their hopes for the new Pope.
Conclave on Tuesday March 12
VATICAN CITY -- The conclave to elect the next pope will begin Tuesday March 12, the Vatican said.
Cardinal silence in lead up to the conclave
ROME-- The College of Cardinals has imposed a media blackout in the run up to the conclave which will elect the new Pope.