After Vatican visit, Blinken praises Pope Francis's work on LGBTQ rights
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday praised Pope Francis for his work on LGBTQI issues after meeting the ...
Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs reform; employees demand transparency
Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican's troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future ...
Pope says Vatican's pension fund faces 'serious imbalance'
Pope Francis said on Thursday the Vatican's pension fund is facing a "serious imbalance" that may require changes to its ...
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U.S. Secretary Blinken Meets Pope Francis: Vatican Talks Address Middle East and Ukraine
Key agenda items included the recently announced Israel-Lebanon ceasefire and efforts to address the humanitarian impacts of ...
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Blinken praises pope's LGBTQ advocacy, talks Lebanon ceasefire at Vatican
The outgoing secretary of state met the pope privately early Nov. 27 and "commended the Pope's commitment to advancing the ...
Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican
The Vatican had to work out a funeral for a retired pope, and a few months later Francis revealed he was working with the ...
Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican
Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...
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Vatican and Microsoft create AI-generated St. Peter’s Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage
The Vatican and Microsoft on Monday unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to ...
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Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund
In a Nov. 21 letter to cardinals, prefects, and managers in the Roman Curia, the pope underlined the gravity of the ...
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Pope Francis urges marriage and family institute: Use the gospel to spread salvation
Pope Francis met with the academic community of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in the Vatican on Monday morning, encouraging continued ...
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Less Pomp, Fewer Coffins. Francis Sets Out to Simplify Papal Funerals
By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome On Wednesday, the Vatican made public new rules to simplify papal funerals, reflecting Pope Francis’s yearslong commitment to shedding some of the Church’s ...