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Thousands watch murdered anti-Mafia priest beatified in Sicily
Reuters* Father Puglisi shot by Mafia in 1993 * Considered a martyr by Catholic church * Beatification is step before sainthood ROME, May 25 (Reuters) - A Sicilian priest gunned down by the Mafia twenty years ago outside his home in Palermo was beatified in a...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Organized Crime, Francis I, Italy, Giorgio Napolitano
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Pope Francis urges China's Catholics to stay loyal to Rome
ReutersROME, May 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. China's Catholics number between 8 and 12 million and are divided between the state-...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religious Leaders, Rome (Italy), Francis I, Vatican City
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Sex-abuse investigations rip open Catholic Church's secret files
Preparing for his return to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles after six months' treatment at a center for pedophile priests, Father Michael Wempe sat down to type out a list of concerns. Arrangements for his dog. Counseling and support groups for himself....
Tags: Sexual Assault, Justice System, Substance Abuse, Vatican City, Trials
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Former Pope Benedict XVI moves back into Vatican
ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden. The unprecedented cohabitation with his successor, Pope Francis, began when Benedict arrived...
Tags: Francis I, Vatican City, International Workers' Day
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Vatican TV puts pope on multiple platforms
VarietyThe words "pope" and "cutting-edge" may seem incongruous, but Monsignor Dario Edoardo Vigano is helping keep the age-old institution firmly in the 21st century. Vigano's main mission as director of the Vatican Television Center (CTV): to provide...Tags: Rome (Italy), Francis I, Same-Sex Marriage, Vatican City, Vatican City
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Pope Francis reaffirms crackdown on U.S. nuns
ROME -- Pope Francis has backed the Vatican’s doctrinal crackdown on a major group of American nuns, reasserting the Roman Catholic Church's conservative approach to various social issues in a move that could cool the warm reception he has...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Francis I, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Same-Sex Marriage, Vatican City
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Pope Francis appoints panel to study overhaul of the Vatican
ROME -- Pope Francis launched a long-awaited cleanup of the Vatican by announcing a task force Saturday made up of eight high-ranking cardinals, including one American, who will determine how best to reform the much-criticized Curia, or Vatican...
Tags: Sean Patrick O'Malley, Roman Catholicism, Religious Leaders, Francis I, Vatican City
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Pope Francis: Confounding the pundits as an agent of change
Many American Roman Catholics would like to see their church change. In mid-March, the Pew Research Center delivered this poll: 76% of U.S. Catholics countenance birth control; 59% want women as priests; 64% think priests should be allowed to marry. We'...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Birth Control, Francis I, Health Treatments, Same-Sex Marriage
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New pope, new questions
When in Rome, the excitement swirling around the election of Pope Francis was contagious, even for those who weren't church-going Roman Catholics. My job was to convey that Eternal City-wide fervor to folks back home through stories, videos, live Webcasts...
Tags: Skype, Rome (Italy), Francis I, Vatican City, Vatican City
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Stations of the 'L': Catholic Chicagoan crisscrosses city on trains and reflects on Christ's journey to the cross
There's nothing extraordinary about Aidan Gillespie's daily commute on the No. 50 bus down Damen Avenue. Perhaps that's why the Roman Catholic schoolteacher chose the train Tuesday for a more spiritual journey. Setting out before dawn, Gillespie, 25,...
Tags: Little Village, Garfield Park, Roman Catholicism, Lent, Chicago Transit Authority
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The pope's Rome: Where Francis, the 266th pope, will live and rule
ROME - "SILENZIO!" says the sign just past the massive bronze doors marking the entrance to St. Mary and the Martyrs Catholic Church in Rome, one of the two or three most important churches in Christian history. The sign reminds all that this is a house...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Francis I, Vatican City, Nero (music group), Vatican City
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Chicagoans studying at Rome seminary inspired to bring history home
— Chris Kerzich of Bedford Park had moved to Washington to enter politics when former Pope Benedict XVI came to the nation's capital and inspired him to pursue public service of a different kind. The Rev. James Wallace of Winnetka heard the call...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Chicago White Sox, Elections, Chicago Cubs, Rome (Italy)
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