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Vatican October 14, 2019

Pope's bodyguard resigns over leak in financial probe

The Vatican's security chief who served as Pope Francis' main bodyguard resigned Monday over leaks related to a financial investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the holy city. 

Vatican October 6, 2019

Catholic Church to debate married men becoming priests

Pope Francis on Sunday convened a meeting of bishops to discuss a list of topics -- including whether the Catholic Church should ease its policy of celibacy for priests, a 1,000-year-old precedent that is expected to spark a heated debate between adherents of the tradition and proponents who’ve said ordaining married men would help solve the church’s clergy shortage.

OPINION October 4, 2019

Amb. Callista Gingrich: US, Vatican partner with faith-based groups to promote freedom and human dignity

Faith-based organizations distribute aid to those in need, serve as lifelines for communities and individuals experiencing unfathomable hardships, and advocate for the oppressed. 

Vatican September 1, 2019

Pope gets stuck in Vatican elevator, freed by firefighters

Pope Francis spent 25 minutes in a stuck Vatican elevator Sunday until firefighters were able to free him.

Roman Catholic August 28, 2019

First Chinese Catholic bishop ordained with blessing of Pope Francis and Beijing

The first Chinese Catholic bishop was ordained with the blessing of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government under a new deal between Beijing and the Vatican.

Vatican July 20, 2019

Expert says Vatican space holds bones of dozens amid bid to solve girl’s 1983 disappearance

A genetics expert hired by the family of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared in 1983 said Saturday that an underground space near a Vatican cemetery holds thousands of "adult and non-adult" bones that appear to be from dozens of individuals.

Vatican July 13, 2019

Vatican finds bones, deepening mystery in search for girl who disappeared 36 years ago

The Vatican reported a new twist Saturday in the disappearance of a Vatican employee’s teen daughter who disappeared 36 years ago.

Vatican July 11, 2019

No bones found in Vatican tombs searched for missing girl

The tombs of two 19th-century German princesses were pried open at a tiny Holy See cemetery Thursday and turned out to be completely empty, dashing any expectations they held the remains of a teenager who vanished in 1983 after leaving her family's Vatican City apartment.

Vatican July 3, 2019

‘Look where the angel is pointing’ tip gets Vatican to open 2 tombs in decades-old disappearance of teen

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that it will open two tombs in the centuries-old cemetery next week and test the DNA of bones in an attempt to solve the case of a Vatican employee’s missing teenage daughter who disappeared thirty six years ago.

OPINION June 10, 2019

Jonathan Morris: My decision to leave the Catholic priesthood

Last month I announced on my social media that I had decided to ask the Holy Father, Pope Francis, to release me from the duties and responsibilities of the clerical state (priestly vows).  

RELIGION June 10, 2019

Vatican rejects people choosing, changing genders

The Vatican on Monday rejected the idea that people can change or choose their genders.