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December 3, 2015

North Korea says rocket tests not connected to South Korea Pope visit

North Korea claimed Friday that the launch of three missiles off its east coast Thursday was not connected to Pope Francis’ historic visit to South Korea.

December 2, 2015

Solving the ‘enigma’ of Pope Francis

Since Pope Francis was elected pontiff in 2013, his actions and what he has to say have been under the intense glare of the media spotlight. However, his background has remained largely unexamined. A new book argues that in order to understand Francis’ radical agenda for the Catholic Church, it is necessary to delve deep into the pontiff’s background and the complex Argentinian political system in which Jorge Mario Bergoglio was raised.

November 30, 2015

Vatican 'regrets' damning UN report on abuse

Vatican says it regrets UN attempt to interfere with church teaching in damning abuse report.

November 29, 2015

Pope Francis joins hundreds of thousands for Mass

Pope Francis urged hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered Sunday for the biggest event of his U.S. visit to be open to "miracles of love," closing out his joyful six-day trip with a message of hope for families, consolation for victims of child sexual abuse and a warning to America's bishops

November 11, 2015

Vatican investigating two reporters over bombshell leaks

The Vatican says it has placed two Italian journalists under investigation in its probe over leaked documents that revealed waste, greed and mismanagement at the highest levels of the Catholic Church hierarchy.

November 3, 2015

New book claims to expose corruption, mismanagement inside the Vatican

The Vatican's new leaks scandal intensified Tuesday as a book detailed the mismanagement and internal resistance that has been thwarting Pope Francis' financial reform efforts.

October 2, 2015

A papacy of novelty: Modernity and the pope

What if Pope Francis is popular precisely because he is less Catholic than his two immediate predecessors?

September 28, 2015

Vandals knock over, deface statue of newly canonized saint

William La Jeunesse reports

September 23, 2015

Five things that will make Pope Francis' US visit a success

Pope Francis is able to speak religious language and offer religious gestures in a way that impels the imagination to see beyond itself.

September 23, 2015

Is Pope Francis truly in line with the Catholic Church?

Pontiff says views are not left-leaning