Faith

An exorcism took place in this Bel-Nor neighborhood home in Saint Louis, Mo., in 2013. The Vatican June 13 formally recognized an international association of exorcists founded by Pauline Father Gabriele Amorth, an Italian priest renowned for his work in dispelling demons.

Vatican formally recognizes international association of exorcists

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican formally recognized an international association of exorcists founded by Pauline Father Gabriele Amorth, an Italian priest renowned for his work in dispelling demons.

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Pope sends delegation to Paraguay to investigate Pa. priest accused of molesting boys

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is sending a cardinal and a bishop to Paraguay to investigate the activities of a priest previously accused of sex abuse in Pennsylvania, the Vatican’s diplomatic envoy to the Latin American country said.

Pope Benedict XVI places a white stole on the remains of St. Celestine V, a 13th-century pope, during his 2009 visit to the earthquake-damaged Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila, Italy. St. Celestine was the last pope to voluntarily resig n before Pope Benedict stepped down in February 2013. Pope Francis has said Pope Benedict's resignation has opened the door to the possibility of future popes stepping down from their position. (

Whither thou goest: Pope speaks openly of ways his pontificate may end

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VATICAN CITY - Sympathizing with all the unknowns facing young people today, Pope Francis -- half joking -- said it is easier for a pope because he knows where his earthly life will end.

Land mine victims hold up a sign against the use of landmines. Pope Francis urged delegates to ban the production and use of landmines.

Pope urges complete ban on producing, using landmines

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VATICAN CITY - Landmines wound innocent civilians, "prolong war and nurture fear" long after conflicts have ended, Pope Francis told delegates working on the full implementation of an international treaty banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines.

Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is pictured celebrating Mass in Santo Domingo in 2009. Wesolowski was found guilty of sexual abuse of minors and was defrocked last week.

Vatican’s UN envoy says bishop’s defrocking shows church takes abuse seriously

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VATICAN CITY - The defrocking of a former Vatican ambassador is a “sign of the seriousness” with which Pope Francis and the Vatican are approaching the clergy sexual abuse scandal, according to the Holy See’s representative to United Nations agencies in Geneva.

Women cry during the eulogy July 1 for Eyal Yifrach, one of three Israeli teens found dead in a West Bank field 18 days after they disappeared trying to hitchhike home. Israel blamed the Islamist movement Hamas and launched targeted airstrikes into the G aza Strip.

Pope phones rabbi, offers condolences over murder Israeli teens' murder

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis telephoned Rome's chief rabbi to personally express his sadness over the murder of three kidnapped Israeli teens whose bodies were found June 30 in Hebron, West Bank.

Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is pictured during a 2011 ceremony in Santo Domingo. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith found the archbishop guilty of sexual abuse of minors and has ordered that he be laicized.

Vatican laicizes former nuncio in connection to abuse allegations

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VATICAN CITY - A Vatican investigation has led to the expulsion of a former Vatican ambassador from the priesthood in response to allegations of sexually abusing minors.

Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates a Mass attended by 250,000 people in Sibari, in Italy's Calabria region, June 21. During his homily, the pope said "mafiosi" are not in communion with God and are excommunicated. The Calabria region is home of t he 'Ndrangheta crime organization, known for drug trafficking.

Pope condemns mafia, says members are excommunicated

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VATICAN CITY - In the stronghold of an Italian crime syndicate believed to be richer and more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia, Pope Francis said, "Those who follow the path of evil, like the mafiosi do, are not in communion with God; they are excommunicated!"

Say 'no' to drugs, 'yes' to life, love, job creation, Pope says

Say 'no' to drugs, 'yes' to life, love, job creation, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said legalizing marijuana and other so-called "recreational drugs" has never curbed drug addiction rates and has little impact on the criminal organizations trafficking drugs around the world.

Pope Francis to visit the heart of Italy’s mafia country

Pope Francis to visit the heart of Italy’s mafia country

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will travel to the heartland of the Italian mafia for the first time June 21, visiting the southern town where a three-year-old was murdered in a local drug war earlier this year.

Carolyn Woo, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, speaks June 17 in Rome at a conference on impact investing. Top experts in finance and representatives from development agencies and religious charities met to discuss how government, business a nd church organizations can work together to alleviate poverty and promote the common good.

None of your business? How Church and finance may profit together

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VATICAN CITY - When Pope Francis condemns a "cult of money" and the "dictatorship" of a faceless economy, he isn't trying to damper entrepreneurial spirit or shutter business.

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