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Vatican: 100,000 Christians are killed every year for their faith
A top Vatican official has said around 100,000 Christians are killed every year for reasons linked to their faith and pointed to the Middle East, Africa and Asia as the biggest problem areas. Monsignor Silvano Maria Tomasi was quoted by Vatican radio on Tuesday as saying that the figures were…
Vatican denies video shows exorcism by Pope Francis
The Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had. “The Holy Father did not intend to perform any exorcism,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said in a statement,…
Pope Frances to nuns: Be ‘mothers’ rather than ‘spinsters’
Pope Francis told 800 nuns gathered at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should be spiritual “mothers” rather than “spinsters”, and stressed the importance of showing obedience to the Catholic Church. The pontiff, 76, told the assembly of the International Union of Superiors General they should strive for “a fertile…
Australian Cardinal says church needs ‘better discipline’
Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell, picked by the pope to help advise him on governance and reforms, said Sunday “better discipline” was needed in the church. The Sydney Archbishop also suggested less Italian influence at the Vatican would be welcome. Pell was one of eight cardinals from…
Logs reveal someone in Vatican is illegally downloading porn
Someone among the 800 people who live in Vatican City, Rome is pirating heterosexual and transgender pornographic content from the Internet. According to the New York Post, while not many of the residents of the tiny city-state that houses the Pope’s residence are heavy technology users, someone is using bit-torrent…
WATCH LIVE: White smoke rises over Vatican to signal election of new pope
White smoke was seen rising over the Vatican on Wednesday, signaling the election of a new pope following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI as head of the Catholic Church and spiritual figurehead to 1.2 billion people around the world. After more than an hour of tense speculation in the…
Cardinals say goodbye on Twitter before entering conclave lockdown
Cardinals entering the Vatican ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope took to Twitter to say goodbye to their online flock before they are cut off from the outside world. “Last tweet before conclave: May Our Father hear and answer with love and mercy all prayers and sacrifices…
Bug-sweepers ensure cardinals won’t tweet during papal enclave
There will be no tweeting the results of the papal election from inside the secret conclave: cardinals withdrawing to choose a new pope enter a world apart where ancient ritual meets high-tech security. Red-robed cardinals in all their finery chant to invoke God’s guidance as they process into the Sistine…
Vatican gives blessing to ‘adopt a cardinal’ website
The Vatican on Friday gave its blessing to a new German website called “Adopt a Cardinal” that is encouraging the faithful to pray for individual cardinals chosen at random by a computer programme. “The cardinals were informed about the website. A lot of people have signed up,” Vatican spokesman Federico…
Cardinals seek pope to tackle Vatican bureaucracy
The next pope’s ideal profile began to take shape on Tuesday as cardinals held a second day of pre-conclave talks — a man with pastoral experience, missionary energy and few ties to the Vatican’s unruly government. Cardinals waved cheerfully to journalists at the gates of the Vatican but declined to…
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