Pope picks 15 new cardinals reflecting diversity
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar…
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Pope Francis, patriarch demand end to IS attacks
By NICOLE WINFIELD and SUZAN FRASER Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians demanded an end to the persecution of religious minorities in Syria and Iraq…
POPE NAMES 19 NEW CARDINALS, FOCUSING ON THE POOR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2013 file photo Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin waves to faithful prior to the start of Pope Francis’s Vespers…
POPE FRANCIS IS TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR
By DAVID BAUDER Pope Francis, Time magazine’s 2013 Person of the Year, is seen an undated photo of the magazine cover provided by Time, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Time said…
POPE WANTS CLOSER LOOK AT VATICAN’S FINANCE REFORM
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis grabs a shirt thrown to him by faithful as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the…
Mortar shell hits Vatican embassy in Damascus
By ALBERT AJI In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians look at…
DOMINICAN CARDINAL: VATICAN WILL PROBE EX-ENVOY
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ This March 15, 2013 photo shows Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic will…
POPE TAPS VATICAN DIPLOMAT TO BE HIS TOP AIDE
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Vatican Undersecretary of State for Relations with States speaks during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.…