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Cardinal Keith O'Brien, pictured left, and Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski.

Vatican has named two bishops being investigated for abuse

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis told reporters May 26 that "three bishops are under investigation" for misdeeds related to the sexual abuse of minors and that "one has already been condemned and his penalty is being studied."

Father Robert W. Oliver, the Vatican's chief promoter of justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said the Church needs to do more to develop the process for punishing bishops who fail in their duty to protect children.

Vatican abuse prosecutor: More must be done to punish negligent bishops

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DUBLIN - The Vatican's chief prosecutor of sex abuse crimes said the Church needs to do more to develop the process for punishing bishops who fail in their duty to protect children.

Former Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has rejected allegations that he mishandled 15 million euros ($20 million) from Vatican bank accounts.

Former Vatican No. 2 Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone denies financial wrongdoing

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VATICAN CITY - The Italian cardinal who served as the Vatican’s No. 2 official under Pope Benedict XVI has rejected allegations that he mishandled 15 million euros ($20 million) from Vatican bank accounts.

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix

Cardinal Lacroix gets new role at Vatican

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VATICAN CITY - Three months after he gave 19 new cardinals their red hats, Pope Francis gave new responsibilities to the 16 who are under the age of 80, including Quebec's Cardinal Gerald Lacroix.

he Institute for the Works of Religion, popularly known as the Vatican bank, is seen in a 2009 photo.

Vatican’s financial watchdog reports ‘notable’ spike in shady transactions

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican’s financial watchdog has reported a dramatic increase in suspicious transactions at the Vatican bank, but officials sought to downplay any rise in criminal activity.

In this file photo, a tourist visits the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador.

Vatican says no movement (yet) on sainthood for Oscar Romero

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VATICAN CITY - Despite fevered speculation in the media and across Latin America, the Vatican says Pope Francis has not advanced slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero toward sainthood — at least, not yet.

Pope Francis will take rabbi and Muslim leader with him to Holy Land

Pope Francis will take rabbi and Muslim leader with him to Holy Land

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will be accompanied on his first visit to the Middle East by Argentine Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Muslim leader Omar Abboud — two friends from Buenos Aires.

Despite sophisticated programming, automated drones or other machinery would never comply with international human rights law, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva, Switzerland, told experts meeting May 13-16 to disc uss lethal autonomous weapons systems. Archbishop Tomasi is pictured in a late January photo in Geneva.

Vatican official voices opposition to automated weapons systems

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VATICAN CITY - No matter how sophisticated and how many algorithms are programmed to help a drone or other machine make calculations before firing on a target, autonomous weapons systems could never comply with international human rights law, a Vatican official said.

ope Paul VI is carried on the "sedia gestatoria," a ceremonial throne, during the closing liturgy of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 8,1965. Pope Francis will beatify Pope Paul Oct. 19 during the closing Mass of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. The miracle needed for Pope Paul's beatification involved the birth of a healthy baby to a mother in California after doctors had said both lives were at risk.

Pope Paul VI to be beatified this fall

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VATICAN CITY - After weeks of speculation, Pope Francis made it official on May 10 that Pope Paul VI could become the latest pope poised to become a saint after a miracle was accredited to Paul’s intercession.

Nuns say they will continue dialogue despite Vatican criticisms

Nuns say they will continue dialogue despite Vatican criticisms

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The American nuns who were publicly scolded by the Vatican’s top doctrinal official for disobedience and promoting unorthodox beliefs have rejected the criticisms, and say their “attempts to clarify misperceptions have led to deeper misunderstandings” between Rome and the organization representing most of the 50,000 sisters in the U.S.

Women holding signs take part in a May 5 protest in Lagos, Nigeria, to demand the release of abducted high school girls. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the abduction of 276 schoolgirls during a raid in the remote villag e of Chibok in April.

Vatican calls for release of kidnapped Nigerian girls

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican issued an urgent appeal today for the release of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

German Cardinal Walter Kasper arrives at Rome's Church of St. Anselm in this March 5 file photo.Cardinal Kasper said fresh Vatican criticism of American nuns was typical of the “narrower” view that officials of the Roman Curia tend to take, and he said U.S. Catholics shouldn’t be overly concerned.

'Pope’s theologian’ downplays Vatican blast at U.S. nuns

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NEW YORK - The German cardinal who has been called the “Pope’s theologian” said fresh Vatican criticism of American nuns was typical of the “narrower” view that officials of the Roman Curia tend to take, and he said U.S. Catholics shouldn’t be overly concerned.

The Vatican’s ambassador to UN agencies in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, told the panel May 6 that the Catholic Church had “crossed the threshold” in its approach to the issue of abuse, saying the Church’s internal culture had changed.

Vatican defends record on sexual abuse to UN panel

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has effectively addressed the “worldwide scourge” of clerical sexual abuse over the past decade and promoted the reporting of allegations to both Church and legal authorities, a United Nations panel heard.

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