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Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, is pictured after being made a cardinal by Pope Francis during a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Cardinal Becciu denies allegations of financial mismanagement

VATICAN CITY -- Nearly a month after private documents about a property deal involving the Vatican leaked to the press, a Vatican official rejected accusations that he "played and tampered with the money of the poor."

Wax seals of members of the English House of Lords are seen March 1, 2012, on a letter from the Vatican Secret Archives. Citing the negative misinterpretations that the word "secret" implies, Pope Francis has changed the name of the archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archives.

Pope Francis renames the Vatican 'Secret' Archives

VATICAN CITY -- Citing the negative misinterpretations that the word "secret" implies, Pope Francis has changed the name of the Vatican Secret Archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archives.

Pope Francis is pictured as Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, relator general of the synod, and Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, talk at the start of the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019.

Synod calls for more ministry roles for women, but not diaconate

VATICAN CITY -- Members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon asked that women be given leadership roles in the Catholic Church, although they stopped short of calling for women deacons.

Pope Francis poses for a photo as he leaves the final session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2019.

Amazon synod supports married priests for Amazon

VATICAN CITY -- While highlighting the gift of celibacy and the need for celibate priests in the Amazon region, the final document of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon has urged Pope Francis to allow the priestly ordination of married deacons to serve in remote areas.

God's Word on Sunday: Wisdom puts creation in proper context

God's Word on Sunday: Wisdom puts creation in proper context

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov. 3 (Year C) Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10

Not all theologies are helpful to us or give God proper honour. 

A wooden statue of a pregnant woman is pictured in the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina as part of exhibits on the Amazon region during the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in Rome Oct. 18, 2019. Several copies of the statue were stolen from the church and thrown into the Tiber River Oct. 21.

Pope Francis says synod statues were recovered undamaged

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis apologized that two men entered a church near the Vatican, took controversial statues and tossed them into the Tiber River.

Quivers and arrows of the Yanomami people are seen in a new exhibit, "Mater Amazonia" in the Vatican Musuems. The new exhibit is dedicated to the people, customs and Catholic faith in the Amazon and runs Oct. 28 to Jan. 11.

Vatican Museums unveils Amazon exhibit

VATICAN CITY -- With the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in the final stretch, the Vatican Museums unveiled a new exhibit dedicated to the people, customs and Catholic faith in the Amazon.

Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler of Marajo, Brazil, attends a news conference after a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2019.

Brazilian bishop claims Pope Benedict opened path to women deacons

VATICAN CITY -- A change to the Code of Canon Law made by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 provides a canonical path to allow the ordination of women deacons, a Brazilian bishop said.

Delio Siticonatzi Camaiteri, a member of the Ashaninca indigenous people in Peru, attends a news conference after a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2019.

Proposed Amazonian rite centred on Christ, indigenous professor says

VATICAN CITY -- Addressing concerns about a proposed Amazonian rite in the Catholic Church, an indigenous participant at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon called on Catholics to soften their hearts and understand the needs of Catholics in the region.

Pope Francis.

Pope Francis names nobel-winning chemical engineer to papal think tank

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appointed Frances H. Arnold, a Nobel-winning chemical engineer from the United States, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Bishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzman of Potosi, Bolivia, speaks to journalists at a news briefing following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 23, 2019.

Church is 'too hierarchal,' bishop claims

VATICAN CITY -- The way to rid the Catholic Church of clericalism is by giving laywomen a greater role in making decisions, a Bolivian bishop said.

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