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Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations

Indigenous leaders have met with Canadian bishops and were told that Pope Francis won't add more stops to his trip to Canada, when he will apologize in person for abuse suffered by Indigenous people at the hands of the Catholic church

The Independent UK

Banker says he warned Vatican about London fund investor

The Vatican’s longtime investment banker has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns about a fund that was investing in a troubled London property, but said the Holy See insisted on pursuing the deal even as it lost money

The Independent UK

Filipe Neri Ferrao: After 465 years, archdiocese of Goa gets its first cardinal

PANAJI: In a historic moment for Goa, Pope Francis has picked Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao as one of 21 new cardinals, who will be elevated on August 27 at the Vatican. Ferrao thus became the first-ever archbishop of Goa to elevated to the cardinalate in 465 years, and is only…

The Times of India

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Pope names 21 new cardinals, from India, Mongolia, elsewhere

Pope Francis has announced he will elevate 21 churchmen to the rank of cardinal rank in a ceremony at the Vatican in late August

The Independent UK

Pope's July visit to Africa to go ahead despite health issues

Pope Francis is set to make a gruelling trip to two African countries in July despite knee problems that have forced him to use a cane and wheelchair in recent weeks.

Reuters

Pope, Anglican, Scottish church leaders to pray in Africa

Pope Francis, the archbishop of Canterbury and a church of Scotland prelate will together lead a prayer vigil for peace while visiting South Sudan next month

The Independent UK

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power broker for decades under two popes, dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano — a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex abusers — dies at the age of 94.

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Cardinal Angelo Sodano, powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican's No. 2 official, has died

The Independent UK

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power who dismissed sexual abuse, dies

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex abusers, has died at the age of 94.

Reuters

Italian protesters demand action on abuses in Catholic Church

Anti-abuse activists on Friday demonstrated near the Vatican embassy to Italy to demand action into sexual abuse in the Italian Catholic Church, amid ongoing discussion on how such an investigation should be organised.

Reuters

Pope greets Russian patriarch amid criticism of 'naivte'

Pope Francis has sent a protocol greeting to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, assuring him of prayers on his patron's feast day and stressing the value of human life and of wisdom

The Independent UK

Hong Kong Catholic cardinal criticises China deal after national security arrest

Hong Kong's Cardinal Joseph Zen - in his first public remarks since he was arrested in a national security case earlier this month - on Tuesday criticised the Vatican for its "unwise" deal with China that is due for renewal in September.

Reuters

Pope voices hope church in China can operate in freedom

Pope Francis has expressed his spiritual closeness to Catholics in China and voiced hope that the church there operates in “freedom and tranquility

The Independent UK

Vatican airs dirty laundry in trial over London property

The Vatican’s sprawling financial trial may not have produced any convictions yet or any new smoking guns

The Independent UK

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Back in Georgia, Newt Gingrich looks to make his mark on 2022 election

ATLANTA — Villa Richardson sits atop a hill with a sweeping view of Rome. The 19th-century palazzo is the residence of the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. And it's where Newt Gingrich spent most of the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Independent UK

Cardinal: Pope ordered auditor to resign over spying charge

A Vatican cardinal has shed light on a scandal that had sparked questions about the Vatican’s commitment to financial transparency and accountability

Zenger

Vatican Expresses Concern Over Cardinal Zen’s Arrest For Ties To Pro-Democracy Fund

The Vatican has expressed “concern” after 90-year-old outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen was arrested last week in Hong Kong on charges he had endangered China’s national security.

The Hindu

Devasahayam Pillai: An anti-caste crusader who was canonised

“The Vatican conducted an inquiry based on the request submitted by us and decided to drop the caste title,” said Fr. Kulandai

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The Independent UK

Vatican minister visits Ukraine as pope toes delicate line

The Vatican’s foreign minister is heading to Kyiv this week as the Holy See seeks to balance its concern for Ukrainians with its efforts to keep open a channel of dialogue with Russia

The Independent UK

Jason Momoa apologises for taking photos in the Vatican

‘So they let the rich and famous film in there but us peasants can’t,’ joked one person

The Hindu

Tamil Thai Vaazhthu echoes in Vatican; Stalin hails move

The invocation, Neerarum Kadalutha is a poem authored by renowned Tamil scholar Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai

The Hindu

Devasahayam Pillai becomes first Indian layman to be declared saint by Pope Francis

‘While preaching, he insisted on equality of all people, despite caste differences’, says a note by Vatican

Reuters

Pope declares 10 new saints, including Dutch priest killed by Nazis

Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and a French hermit monk assassinated in Algeria.

Al Jazeera

Pope to visit Canada in July to meet residential school survivors

Visit from July 24 to 30 comes after Pope Francis apologised for Catholic Church’s role in abuse of Indigenous children.

The Guardian - UK

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Editor of the Tablet whose independent stance infuriated the Vatican and conservative Roman Catholics

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