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Vatileaks 2 trial opens

Two journalists and three others implicated in the latest Vatican leaks scandal have gone on trial. All defendants face up to eight years in prison

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Security stepped up in Rome ahead of Catholic jubilee

The Paris terror attacks have already seen security increased in Rome. But today (Monday, November 23) it will be stepped up even more, a fortnight

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Journalists investigated in Vatican leaks scandal

The internal scandal surrounding the papacy intensified on Thursday as the Vatican asked the authorities to investigate two Italian journalists

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Pope condemns recent Vatican leaks as 'a betrayal of trust'

Pope Francis has used his weekly Sunday address to thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to condemn the recent leak of sensitive Vatican

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Vatican arrests two in 'Vatileaks' probe

The Vatican has arrested two former members of a commission set up to explore reform of the church’s finances. Monsignor Lucio Ángel Vallejo Balda

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Two arrests in Vatican's worst leaks scandal since 'Vatileaks'

A “serious betrayal of the trust bestowed by the pope”. So says the Vatican after two members of a commission set up by Pope Francis to study reforms

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Pope Francis closes synod calling for a more 'compassionate' church

Pope Francis closed a contentious bishops’ meeting on family issues on Sunday. He called for a more open-hearted, compassionate Church rooted in

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Synod reaches uneasy compromise as Pope takes on conservatives

The Pope appears to have reached some form of agreement with the conservative clergy at an often tetchy synod on the family. The synod voted to allow

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Pope Francis brain tumour report denied by Vatican

The Vatican denies an Italian media report that Pope Francis has a benign brain tumour. Newspaper group, Il Quotidiano Nazionale, says the pontiff

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Pope Francis proclaims married couple saints in historic ceremony

Four new Catholic saints were proclaimed by Pope Francis on Sunday at a mass for some 65,000 people in St Peter’s Square. Those canonised included

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Homosexuality, divorce & remarriage up for discussion at Vatican synod

Pope Francis has urged bishops to put aside personal prejudices and has called for frankness, courage and humility within the Catholic church. His

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Catholic synod overshadowed by Church's 'homophobia'

Pope Francis presided over a vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (October 3) ahead of the synod, a three-week meeting of bishops from around the

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Polish priest dismissed from Vatican post after coming out as gay

A Polish priest has been removed from a Vatican post after telling a newspaper he is gay. Krzystof Charamsa says it is time for the Catholic Church

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Pope Francis takes the UN by storm with hard-hitting appeal to save the environment

Pope Francis’s much-awaited address to the United Nations was a dense philosophical and ethical argument for mankind to face up to the real

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Pope pleases the crowd in wide-ranging speech to Congress

Pope Francis has brought the US Congress to its feet in applause in a speech two both houses meeting in joint session. He is the first pope in

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Pope raises hot topics during Washington visit

Pope Francis has celebrated his first ever Mass in the United States on a day which saw him refuse to shy away from controversy. Twenty-five thousand

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Tens of thousands of Cubans hear Pope's Mass

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Pope Francis makes marriage annulments easier

Pope Francis has made it easier for Roman Catholics to get marriage annulments, streamlining procedures and calling on bishops to provide more help to divorced couples.

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Vatican: suspect dies before abuse trial

The Vatican says a Catholic former archbishop accused of child sex offences has been found dead from natural causes a month after he was hospitalised

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Pope Francis calls for church to welcome back divorced couples

Pope Francis continues to make waves as the head of the Roman Catholic church. His latest announcement, previously made in more intimate surroundings