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The courtroom is pictured during the trial of Angelo Caloia, former president of the Institute for Works of Religion, at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2021. Caloia, the former director of the so-called Vatican bank, and his lawyer, Gabriele Liuzzo, were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from the sale of Vatican properties. Both received a prison sentence of 8 years and 11 months and ordered to pay a fine of 12,500 euro ($15,200).

Former Vatican bank president sentenced for embezzlement

VATICAN CITY -- A former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from property sales.

Homeless people receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the atrium of the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2021. The Vatican said a first group of around 25 homeless people permanently housed in Vatican-owned care and residence facilities received the vaccine.

Vatican begins vaccinating residents of its homeless shelters

VATICAN CITY -- As the Vatican health service continued vaccinating Vatican residents and employees against COVID-19, it also began offering the vaccine to homeless people who live in Vatican-owned shelters.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu speaks with journalists during a news conference in Rome Sept. 25, 2020, after he was asked by Pope Francis to resign as prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes. The Vatican announced Jan. 18 that it withdrew an arrest and extradition request for Cecilia Marogna, an Italian political analyst, who allegedly was hired as a consultant by Cardinal Becciu, and is now accused of embezzlement.

Vatican revokes arrest warrant against woman linked to finance scandal

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced that it withdrew an arrest and extradition request for an Italian political analyst, who allegedly was hired as a consultant by Cardinal Angelo Becciu and is now accused of embezzlement.

Jesuit priests hear confessions at the Martyr’s Shrine, near Midland, Ontario, Canada, circa 1955.

God's Word on Sunday: The call to repentance is meant for all

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 24 (Year B) Isaiah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20

The mission of Jonah was far more dramatic than the edited snippet in the lectionary would have us believe. When God ordered Jonah to prophesy against Nineveh, he ran the other way. He wanted no part of it, but God did not care about Jonah’s likes and dislikes.

Australian Cardinal George Pell.

Cardinal Pell: Vatican financial reform making progress

ROME -- While questions remain about dubious financial dealings in the past and about future uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican's steady move toward financial transparency is on the right track, said Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.

Guzman Carriquiry, the new Uruguayan ambassador to the Holy See, presented his letters of credential to Pope Francis Jan. 9, 2021, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, Pope Francis tells ambassador

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told Uruguay's new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.

The Vatican health service began vaccinating employees, residents and retirees with the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 13, 2021, in a makeshift clinic set up in the atrium of the Vatican audience hall. Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have both been vaccinated.

Popes Francis, Benedict receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

VATICAN CITY -- Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.

A lector delivers a reading during Mass at a church in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2014. Pope Francis ordered a change to the Code of Canon Law so that women may be formally instituted as lectors and acolytes.

Pope Francis amends canon law so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes

VATICAN CITY -- Recognizing "the gifts of each baptized person" -- women and men -- Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.

God's Word on Sunday: When the Lord speaks, are we listening?

God's Word on Sunday: When the Lord speaks, are we listening?

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 17 (Year B) 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; Psalm 40; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42

We hear many voices calling us each day — some of them important and true, but most consist of noise, disinformation and outright dishonesty. But a communication from God has some distinct characteristics that make us stop and listen.

Pope Francis baptizes one of 32 babies as he celebrates Mass on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 12, 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis will not baptize infants this year on the feast of the baptism of the Lord.

Pope Francis will not baptize infants on feast day this year

VATICAN CITY -- The choral cries of newborn babies will not fill the Sistine Chapel in 2021 because the COVID-19 pandemic has forced Pope Francis to cancel his annual celebration of infant baptisms on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

View of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine boxes at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, England, Jan. 2, 2021.

Vatican set to launch COVID-19 vaccinations for workers, residents

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-January, giving priority to its health care workers, security personnel, employees who deal with the public and older residents, employees and retirees.

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