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…
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Biggest haul of looted church icons back in Cyprus
Christian Orthodox priests look at returned looted icons at the Byzantine Museum in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. The largest haul of looted church icons, frescoes and mosaics…
NEW VATICAN NO. 2 A NO-SHOW AT HANDOVER CEREMONY
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo Monsignor Pietro Parolin attends a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. Pope Francis bid farewell Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, to…
POPE’S BLUNT REMARKS POSE CHALLENGE FOR BISHOPS
By RACHEL ZOLL FILE – In this March 15, 2013 photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is greeted by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as he meets…
POPE BLASTS ABORTION AFTER DECRYING FOCUS ON RULES
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis meets Hungary’s President Janos Ader, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope…
MERKEL ALLIES APPEAR TO TRIUMPH IN BAVARIA
By GEIR MOULSON German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bad Koestritz, central Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.…
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…
VATICAN RAMPS UP OPPOSITION TO SYRIA STRIKES
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De…