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Pope has scan due to flu, lung complications ruled out

Pope Francis went to a hospital in Rome on Saturday for a scan, which the Vatican said had ruled out lung complications after a...

Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and...

Empty tombs add new twist to missing girl mystery

Experts were looking for the remains of Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican clerk who failed to return home following a music lesson in Rome

Vatican to open tomb in search of teenager disappeared in 1983

Emanuela Orlandi was the daughter of a member of the Vatican's police and was last seen leaving a music class aged 15 in 1983.

Vatican city’s St. Peter’s Square gets 720-ton sand nativity scene

VATICAN CITY: The traditional nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square won’t be so traditional this year. For the first time, it is made of...

Chile asks Vatican for info on sex abuse cases, steps up raids

SANTIAGO: The Chilean government asked the Vatican on Tuesday to hand over documents related to accusations of sex abuse committed by clergy in Chile...

Pope Francis bans sale of cigarettes in Vatican on health grounds

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has ordered a ban on the sale of cigarettes inside the Vatican from next year because of health concerns, a...

Trump aims to mend Muslim ties on first foreign trip

  RIYADH: US President Donald Trump will seek to rebuild relations with the Muslim world on his first foreign trip starting Saturday in Saudi Arabia...

Trump to address religious divides in first trip abroad

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will urge unity between the world's major faiths on an ambitious first foreign trip that will take him to...

Trump announces trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed his first foreign trip as president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. Trump will add...

Mother Teresa’s legacy under cloud as sainthood nears

KOLKATA, INDIA: As the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint this Sunday, in the Indian city where she rose to fame, claims of medical negligence and financial mismanagement at her care homes threaten to cloud her legacy.

Pope Francis to receive Al-Azhar Grand Imam at Vatican

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will meet the spiritual leader of the world's Sunni Muslims in an unprecedented encounter at the Vatican on Monday, the pontiff's spokesman said Thursday.

On Good Friday, pope says Islamist militants profane God’s name

Pope Francis condemned "unprecedented violence" by Islamist militants, saying at a Good Friday service that followers of religions who carried out acts of fundamentalism or terrorism were profaning God's name.

Pope Francis approves sainthood for Mother Teresa

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Tuesday approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care of the sick and destitute.

Pope says Trump ‘not Christian’ in a sign of global concern

Pope Francis forcefully injected himself into the U.S. presidential campaign on Thursday, assailing Republican candidate Donald Trump's views on U.S. immigration as "not Christian" in a sign of growing international concern at the billionaire businessman's election prospects.

Homeless woman gives birth outside Vatican, gets offer of home

VATICAN CITY: A homeless woman gave birth on a cardboard box just outside St. Peter's Square early on Wednesday in near-freezing temperatures and later received an offer of one year's hospitality in a Vatican institution.

Vatican to try five, including reporters, over leaks scandal

ROME: The Vatican on Saturday ordered five people, including two Italian journalists, to stand trial for leaking and publishing secret documents, in the latest development in a leaks scandal which is rocking the papacy.

Vatican sacks gay priest after highly public coming out

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Saturday dismissed a Polish priest from his Holy See job after he came out as gay and called for changes in Catholic teachings against homosexual activity on the eve of a major Church meeting on the family.

Israel opposes Palestinian flag-raising at the UN

UNITED NATIONS: Israel on Tuesday expressed strong opposition to a draft resolution that would allow the Palestinian flag to be raised at the United Nations ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders later this month.

Vatican to sign first accord with State of Palestine

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said Wednesday it was preparing to sign its first accord with Palestine, two years after officially recognising it as a state.

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