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.…
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POPE DRAWS 3M FOR VIGIL AFTER CHASTISING ‘EXODUS’
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JENNY BARCHFIELD Pilgrims and residents gather on Copacabana beach before the arrival of Pope Francis for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 27, 2013.…
VATICAN OFFICIAL: ROMERO SAINT EFFORT ‘UNBLOCKED’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis leaves at the end of a mass where he ordained ten new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP…
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in…
POPE TAPS CARDINALS TO ADVISE ON GOVERNING, REFORM
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this April 7, 2013 file photo Pope Francis waves to faithful upon his arrival for his installation Mass at the St. John in Lateran…
FRANCIS HONORS JOHN PAUL II BEFORE INSTALLATION
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the…
POPE’S FOOT-WASHING FINAL BLOW FOR TRADITIONALISTS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis, right, looks up to the Crucifix during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. Pope Francis…
SALVADORANS URGE SAINTHOOD FOR MARTYRED ARCHBISHOP
By MARCOS ALEMAN Salvadorans carry signs honoring martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during a Palm Sunday march through the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday March 24, 2013. Expressing…