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Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world

August 24, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio's famed Copacabana beach, usually the venue for scantily-clad sun-seekers and revelry, became a massive Catholic campground on Sunday as Pope Francis concluded a youth...

Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world

May 14, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

Popes John Paul II, John XXIII to be made saints

August 24, 2021 at 5:52 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul II, the globe-trotting pontiff who led the Catholic Church for nearly 27 years, and Pope John XXIII, who called the reforming Second Vatican...

Vatican bank told of ‘clear failings’ at meeting: source

November 3, 2021 at 11:27 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A preliminary inquiry by the Vatican bank after the arrest of a Vatican prelate on suspicion of trying to smuggle huge sums of money into Italy...

Vatican bank told of ‘clear failings’ at meeting: source

December 24, 2018 at 8:55 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A preliminary inquiry by the Vatican bank after the arrest of a Vatican prelate on suspicion of trying to smuggle huge sums of money into Italy...

In bold move, Pope names panel to reform Vatican bank

August 24, 2021 at 5:31 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis set up a special commission of inquiry on Wednesday to reform the Vatican bank, his boldest move yet to get to grips with an...

In bold move, Pope names panel to reform Vatican bank

May 14, 2019 at 4:54 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis set up a special commission of inquiry on Wednesday to reform the Vatican bank, his boldest move yet to get to grips with an...

Jews tell pope of concern over moves to make Pius XII a saint

August 24, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Jewish leader expressed concern to Pope Francis on Monday over attempts to make a saint of World War Two-era Pope Pius XII, who has been...

Pope laments ‘gay lobby,’ corruption in Vatican: report

August 24, 2021 at 4:37 p.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" and a "stream of corruption" in the Vatican, according to reports in Catholic media not denied...

Pope laments ‘gay lobby,’ corruption in Vatican: report

May 14, 2019 at 4:51 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" and a "stream of corruption" in the Vatican, according to reports in Catholic media not denied...

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