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Pope Francis cancels three more appearances after sciatica flareup

The pope will not deliver Mass, nor evening prayer, on Sunday. A meeting with diplomatic corps on Monday has also been rescheduled.

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Former Vatican bank chief found guilty in embezzlement trial

Angelo Caloia's lawyer and son were also found guilty and handed prison sentences.

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Italian volunteers handout Christmas lunch boxes to the poor

In the Italian capital, dozens of refugees, poor and homeless people attended a charity event on Friday where they received lunch boxes and gifts from a Catholic community.

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Pope Francis calls for needy, vulnerable to get COVID-19 vaccine first

"Vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable and needy," who should be first in line, Francis said in his "Urbi and Orbi" message delivered indoors this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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Former papal palace offers shelter and hope to Rome's homeless

Life has not always been kind to these people, but now they can enjoy the comfort and the beauty of this 17th century noble palace.

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Vatican: Senior figures downplayed reports about ex-Cardinal McCarrick

A Vatican investigation into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has found that a series of bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports that he slept with seminarians.

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Ex-Vatican envoy faces sexual abuse charge in French court

The Vatican’s former ambassador to France went on trial Tuesday for alleged sexual misconduct.

Italy

Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church

Carlo Acutis who died of leukemia in 2006 was described as the "patron saint of the internet".

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Pope Francis says COVID-19 has proved capitalism does not work

Francis said the grave loss of millions of jobs as a result of the virus as evidence of the need for politicians to listen to popular movements, unions and marginalised groups.

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Coronavirus: Pope Francis calls for debt relief and end to sanctions

Pope Francis called for international sanctions to be "relaxed" and for a "reduction, if not the forgiveness" of debt for poor countries during his Easter Sunday benediction.

Australia

Cardinal Pell is free, cleared of child sex abuse in Melbourne

The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of child sex abuse has had his conviction thrown out by Australia's top court.

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Pope voices support for coronavirus victims in livestream message

Small groups of Catholic faithful gathered at St. Peter's Square on Sunday to watch a livestream of Pope Francis delivering his Angelus blessing.

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Hitler's Pope or wartime saint? Pius XII's archives set to go public

More than 150 historians and researchers have signed up to access the soon-to-open Vatican archives of the World War II-era pope.

France

French cardinal to offer his resignation again to Pope Francis

A French appeal court has acquitted Cardinal Barbarin of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock. But the plaintiffs are challenging the ruling.

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Euroviews. Pope Francis put a woman in a top Vatican role. It shows how little power Catholic women hold ǀ View

Failing to empower women narrows the Church’s vision and makes it less equipped to be a force for good in the world.

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Priests in rehab: how the Vatican tries to 'cure' child abusers

An estimated 24 recovery centres for clergymen operate in Italy. Euronews reports on their methods and the controversies surrounding them.

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Priests should be celibate, says Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to make up a shortage of priests

Italy

Pope Francis apologises for slapping woman's hand outside Vatican

The Pontiff said he was sorry for 'losing patience' with the woman.

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Pope Francis ends secrecy rule over sexual abuse cases

The pope abolished the use of secrecy in sexual abuse cases after criticism that the rule has been used to protect paedophiles.

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Pope Francis blesses baby Jesus statues during Angelus

Pope Francis on Sunday blessed the statuettes of Baby Jesus brought by hundreds of children to the Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square.