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Pope Francis meets Abbas to discuss Gaza crisis

Pope Francis hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican on Thursday, with their discussions centred on the Middle East crisis, particularly in Gaza.

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Mystery surrounds removal of keffiyeh-cradled Jesus in Vatican display

A Vatican Nativity scene featuring a keffiyeh-draped baby Jesus, symbolising Palestinian identity, was removed without explanation, sparking debate ahead of Pope Francis’s meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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130 nativity scenes go on display in Vatican's St. Peter's Square

The Vatican's 100 Nativity Scenes exhibition in St. Peter's Square has been unveiled, this year featuring 130 cribs from 21 countries.

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Pope lands in Singapore after record-breaking Mass in Timor-Leste

During his trip through Southeast Asia and Oceania, the pontiff also visited Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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Vatican plans €700,000 restoration of St Peter's Basilica baldachin

Vatican officials have announced a €700,000 restoration of St. Peter's Basilica's baldachin. The project aims to complete the first extensive work on Bernini's masterpiece in 250 years before Pope Francis' 2025 Jubilee.

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Vatican top prosecutor appeals watershed fraud verdict

Despite the Holy See tribunal doling out an unprecedented prison sentence to Cardinal Angelo Becciu for embezzlement, the ruling made clear that the judges rejected most of the 487-page indictment.

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Pope Francis celebrates his 87th birthday

The Pontiff continues his reign as the oldest pope in the past century and one of the oldest popes in the Church’s history.

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Top Cardinal gets Vatican jail term following financial fraud trial

The trial of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former close advisor to Pope Francis, has come to an end following some 2 years of hearings.

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Take a look inside the Vatican's newly opened 'city of the dead'

A gate along the Vatican's walls has been opened, providing a new entrance to the Via Triumphalis Necropolis, an ancient Roman “city for the dead”.

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Pope's meeting on church future says it's 'urgent' to guarantee governance roles for women

The move comes following a month of closed-door debate between senior Catholic bishops as well as lay people.

Italy

Losing my religion: More people across Europe have little or no belief

In Italy, the cradle of Catholicism, new research suggests that only 19% of citizens attend services at least weekly, while 31% never attend at all - and it's a trend already growing in some European nations.

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Finally found! Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater unearthed near Vatican

The Roman emperor Nero is understood to have had a deep love of drama and the performing arts but the exact location of his theatre has been a mystery until now.

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Pope 'authorised hundreds of thousands' to free kidnapped nun

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was kidnapped by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, which has bankrolled its insurgency by capturing Westerners.

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Pope Francis 10 years on: Reformer faces criticism from conservatives

Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the "two or three" years he once envisioned for his papacy

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Euroviews. View Q&A with Pietro Orlandi: Rome needs to stop bowing to the Vatican

Italian politicians and the judiciary have always passively accepted the will and power of the ecclesiastical hierarchies. I hope that is now a thing of the past, Pietro Orlandi told Euronews.

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Vatican girl mystery: Pope orders new investigation into missing teen

The mysterious disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi has haunted the Vatican for four decades, now the investigation will reopen after a Netflix documentary and the death of Pope Benedict.

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Benedict XVI buried in Vatican

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in a Vatican crypt after a service attended by 50,000 mourners.

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As Pope Benedict is buried, will a tell-all book unearth dark secrets?

Archbishop Georg Gaenswein was one of Benedict's closest confidents. A new book by him promises to reveal the "dark manoeuvres" of his papacy.

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Thousands mourn as funeral held for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican

Police estimated that 100,000 people would attend Thursday's ceremonies, higher than an original estimate of 60,000.

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Preparations at Vatican for Benedict XVI's funeral

Logistic and Security preparations have begun at St Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI