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Vatican repudiates colonial-era 'doctrine of discovery'

The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the colonial-era "doctrine of discovery", used centuries ago to justify European conquests of Africa and the Americas, saying "it is not part of Catholic Church teaching".

Reuters

Why Russell Crowe wanted to play the Pope's exorcist

The Australian actor stars in The Pope's Exorcist, based on the real-life story of the Vatican's Chief Exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth.

ABC News

Vatican: Pope has good night in hospital despite infection

A Vatican official says Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection

The Independent UK

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Pope admitted to hospital after 'difficulty breathing'

The Vatican has said Pope Francis needs 'a few days of appropriate hospital medical therapy'

Manchester Evening News

Pope Francis admitted to hospital with respiratory infection

The pope has a respiratory infection that will require several days of appropriate treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.

Al Jazeera

Pope hospitalised for respiratory infection: Vatican

Pope Francis is suffering from a respiratory infection and will stay in the hospital for treatment for several days, the Vatican says.

The New Daily

Pope Francis has been hospitalized after having breathing trouble, the Vatican says

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni's second statement said that hospital tests showed Francis is suffering from a respiratory infection, but they ruled out COVID.

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The Pope hospitalized for lung infection, Vatican says

The 86-year-old pope doesn’t have COVID-19, a spokesman said in a statement late Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pope Francis to be hospitalised after struggling to breathe

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the pontiff, 86, does not have Covid-19, but requires several days of therapy.

Daily Record

Pope Francis taken to hospital with pulmonary infection

Vatican spokesman says pontiff requires several days of therapy

Evening Standard

Watch live: View of hospital where Pope Francis is recovering from respiratory infection

Watch a live view of the hospital in Rome where Pope Francis is recovering from a respiratory infection.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis to stay in hospital for several days over respiratory infection

The Vatican said Pope Francis does not have Covid-19 but requires several days of treatment

The Independent UK

Pope Francis has respiratory infection, needs hospital treatment

Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend "a few days" in hospital for treatment, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

Top expert resigns from Vatican committee against child sex abuse

Father Hans Zollner, one of the leading members of the Vatican committee against child sexual abuse, said on Wednesday he had resigned from the group, citing concerns over the way it was operating.

Reuters

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Pope Francis in hospital as Vatican says he's being treated for a respiratory infection

The Vatican provided no details other than to say the Pope Francis' visit to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, Italy, was "previously scheduled" after he admitted a condition had returned just months ago

The Independent UK

Vatican: Pope Francis goes to hospital for scheduled tests

The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for some scheduled tests

The Independent UK

Posters near Vatican urge pope to stop Latin Mass crackdown

Posters calling on Pope Francis to stop his crackdown on the old Latin Mass have appeared around the Vatican

The Independent UK

Shattered: Catholic community confronts its founder's lies

An internationally lauded federation that provides community care for people with intellectual disabilities is grappling with revelations that its late founder perverted Catholic doctrine to justify his sexual abuse of women

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Evening Standard

Vatican returns ancient Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Greece repeats calls for return of Elgin Marbles after Vatican returns Parthenon sculptures

Reuters

Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims.

The Independent UK

Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims

Pope Francis has updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding Catholic hierarchs accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse

Al Jazeera

Greece welcomes back ancient art amid pressure on British Museum

The restitution of Parthenon artefacts from the Vatican increases pressure on the British Museum to return marbles.

The Independent UK

With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

Greece has welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago

Reuters

Clergy sex abuse victims feel 'vindicated' after Vatican talks

Survivors of Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse from Britain and Ireland said on Thursday they finally felt vindicated after "transformative" meetings with Pope Francis and leaders of the Comboni Missionary order.

Daily Mirror

Bizarre case of 'forgotten' UK graveyard turned drug den as Pope Francis now involved

Barton upon Irwell cemetery in Eccles is the final resting place for dozens of families - but a historian has discovered it doesn't have a legal owner and the Vatican has been roped in to help

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