Tag: Vatican City
Vatican issues a street art stamp, ends up getting sued
ROME — One night in early 2019, Rome street artist Alessia Babrow glued a stylized image of Christ she had made onto a bridge...
Pope moves youth seminary out of Vatican amid abuse trial
ROME — Pope Francis has decided to move a youth seminary outside Vatican City, taking action before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal renders a verdict...
US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis
VATICAN CITY — John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday, afterward calling the pope a “compelling moral...
Vatican No. 2 intervenes to shed light on Swiss Guard deaths
ROME — The Vatican secretary of state has intervened personally to shed light on one of the most sensational Vatican scandals of recent times:...
Pope prays for pandemic’s end and for a ‘horizon of hope’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in a special prayer service on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica invoked the end of the pandemic and a...
Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops
ROME —
Pope Francis sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals...
Pope ordains 9 priests, saying: stay humble, compassionate
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church nine new priests, encouraging them in an ordination ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica...
Pope: Migrants begged for help at sea, shamefully ignored
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days...
Pope meets with Lebanon’s PM-designate, urges end of crises
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met Thursday with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and urged all of Lebanon's political leaders to “urgently commit themselves...
Pope meets with Lebanon’s PM-designate, urges end of crises
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met Thursday with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and urged all of Lebanon's political leaders to “urgently commit themselves...
