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November 3, 2015

Reporter claims Pope approves Communion for all remarried who ask

Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, co-founder and former editor of La Repubblica, speaks on Italian television Feb. 1. Scalfari wrote in La Repubblica about his Oct. 28 telephone conversation with Pope Francis. The journalist claims the pope said that in principle Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried was accepted by the recent Synod of Bishops on the family.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican spokesman described as obviously "unreliable" an Italian journalist's claim that Pope Francis told him that following the Synod of Bishops on the family, "all the divorced who ask" will be admitted to Communion.

Published in International
July 26, 2015

Vatican bans La Repubblica journalist from travelling with Pope

A woman buys a copy of Italian newspaper La Repubblica in Rome October 22, 2009.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has banned an Italian journalist from the papal plane during Pope Francis’ trip to the United States as punishment for his newspaper’s role in breaching the embargo on the pontiff’s hotly anticipated encyclical.

Published in Vatican
July 14, 2014

Pope Francis raises eyebrows by saying pedophile priests include ‘bishops and cardinals’

Pope Francis raises eyebrows by saying pedophile priests include ‘bishops and cardinals’

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has provoked a debate within the Catholic Church after being quoted as saying that one in 50 Catholic clerics is a pedophile.

Published in Vatican
July 14, 2014

Vatican questions accuracy of latest papal interview

Pope Francis waves as he leads his July 13 Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words.

Published in Vatican