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Confusion reigns as Pope says new blessings are for same-sex couples but not their unions

pope francis has attempted to further clarify the vatican document permitting non-liturgical blessing for couples in same sex or irregular r...

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Vatican court overturns priest’s acquittal in landmark seminary sexual abuse case

rome – a vatican court has overturned the acquittal of a priest accused of sexually abusing a fellow student at the vatican’s st. pius x pre...

Rome’s Chief Rabbi expresses 'great disappointment' with Vatican's stance on Gaza

rome – having already warned of “many steps backward” in catholic-jewish relations as a result of contrasting reactions to israel’s war with...

Is the Pope after an ‘Assisi on the Tiber’ to promote his spiritual vision

mikhail gorbachev once declared that while he remained an atheist, he had to admit that soviet communism had never produced anyone quite lik...

Pope urges Vatican press corps to resist sinking to ‘commercial media’ standards

rome – in a rare session with members of the vatican press corps, pope francis thanked journalists for their work, urging them to base their...

Dutch cardinal could get papal successor boost after response to ‘Fiducia Supplicans’

rome – this week voters in the new hampshire primary will head to the polls, taking part in what has long been the premier proving ground in...

Prayers answered: Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for life gains freedom, though exiled to Vatican

nicaragua has released a bishop jailed for 26 years after he stood up to the regime of president daniel ortega. bishop rolando álvarez of ma...

Radio Maria and the biggest daily parish in the UK

simon caldwell meets the young priest who runs a catholic radio station from a priory in north london. fr toby lees, a young dominican pries...

Vatican’s doctrinal chief explains how he came to write erotically charged book on ‘mystical passion’ as young priest

rome – a book written 25 years ago by now-cardinal víctor manuel fernández giving an in-depth spiritual reflection on human sexuality and th...

Rome to be spruced up in time for Year of Jubilee, Mayor Gualtieri tells Pope Francis

rome – in a half-hour audience with pope francis on friday, rome’s mayor roberto gualtieri reported that more than 1,400 public work sites a...