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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The president of El Salvador met Pope Francis on Thursday to urge his fellow Latin American to put Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in...

The Vatican, in addition to publishing the first report from its financial watchdog agency, announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terrorism financing.    

L'Autorité d'information financière (AIF) du Vatican a annoncé mercredi avoir identifié six tentatives suspectes d'utiliser le Saint-Siège pour blanchir de l'argent sale au cours de l'an dernier. Présentant le premier rapport de l'AIF, organisme créé en 2010 pour contrôler les activités monétaires...Articles en rapportWall Street refroidie par des messages contrastés...

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers.

By David Gibson Religion News Service(RNS) Nothing upsets the folks in the pews as much as changing the liturgy that they’re accustomed to, and that seemed likely to be the case when the Vatican ordered revisions to the familiar prayers and rubrics of the Catholic Mass.Read More...More on Catholic Church

A well-known exorcist said Francis helped free a Mexican man possessed by four demons, but the Vatican was more cautious, saying he simply said a prayer for the man in St. Peter’s Square.    

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis criticized what he called "savage capitalism" on a visit to a food kitchen on Tuesday, in an address in which he called for the values of generosity and charity to be revived.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt 12 hammer blows to Michelangelo's Pieta, severely damaging...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Is Pope Francis an exorcist?...

DÉCRYPTAGE - Le pape François a spectaculairement rompu, en quelques semaines, avec le style de son prédécesseur. Il impose sa marque à la curie romaine et n'en est plus l'otage, comme a pu l'être Benoît XVI.Articles en rapportValeria Bruni Tedeschi, la nostalgiqueLe printemps arabe mène-t-il à la résolution de la question kurde ?Syrie : Paris refuse de négocier...

The Pentecost Mass celebrates the day the Church says the Holy Spirit descended on Christ's apostles, or disciples, and is regarded as the birthday of the Church.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by more than 200,000 people, urging the faithful to be open and...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians there....

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news.

Having closely monitored the development of Saint Death's burgeoning cult on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, I had expected a condemnation by the Vatican, although I am somewhat surprised that it came before any such statement made by U.S. bishops.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien has been told to leave Scotland for 'prayer and penance', after resigning over charges of sexual misconduct. But his accusers still wait for a proper inquiryWhen news came last week that Cardinal Keith O'Brien was being exiled from Scotland for "prayer and penance", memories came flooding back to Lenny, the former priest who has accused O'Brien of...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the importance of Christian voters in September elections, met with Pope Francis on Saturday during a quick trip to Rome that focused on helping victims of Europe's economic crisis and emphasizing the continent's Christian roots....

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary Argentine cowboys from the vast Pampas of Pope Francis's homeland, are being celebrated in a rare exhibition in no less a place than St. Peter's...

Pontiff says politicians need to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic crisisPope Francis has hit out at unbridled capitalism and the "cult of money", calling for ethical reform of the financial system to create a more humane society.In an impassioned appeal, the Argentinian pontiff said politicians needed to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic...

The Vatican Bank, a centre of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said.

The Vatican Bank, a centre of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said.

Plan including launch of website part of an attempt to clean up the image of the Institute for Works of Religion.    

Catholic leader urges world leaders to do more to help the poor as secretive Vatican Bank plans to boost transparency.

La Banque du Vatican, régulièrement au centre d'"affaires" diverses, va lancer un site internet et publier son rapport annuel d'ici la fin de l'année pour améliorer son image, a annoncé son nouveau président, Ernst von Freyberg. Ce dernier, nommé en février en remplacement d'Ettore Gotti Tedeschi,...Articles en rapportRothschild lève E235 mlns sur son fonds dédiés...

La Banque du Vatican, régulièrement au centre d'"affaires" diverses, va lancer un site internet et publier son rapport annuel d'ici la fin de l'année pour améliorer son image, a annoncé son nouveau président, Ernst von Freyberg. Ce dernier, nommé en février en remplacement d'Ettore Gotti Tedeschi,...Articles en rapportRothschild lève E235 mlns sur son fonds dédiés...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Bank, a center of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said.

NEW pontiff was unexpectedly handed the birds by one of the crowd on a sojourn around St Peter’s Square in the Vatican

The cardinal who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct will leave Scotland for months of prayer and atonement, the Vatican said Wednesday.    

Vatican says former church leader will have several months prayer    

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of...

Disgraced former archbishop to leave the country for several months for undisclosed location, announces VaticanCardinal Keith O'Brien, the disgraced former archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, will leave Scotland for a period of "spiritual renewal, prayer and penance" after he admitted inappropriate sexual conduct with priests, the Vatican has said.In a statement, the...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Scottish cardinal who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct will leave Scotland for months of prayer and atonement, the Vatican said Wednesday in a rare sanction....

The Roman Catholic Church will host its first pavilion at the Venice Biennale.    

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - For most people, the relationship between contemporary art and the Vatican - home of some of the world's greatest old masterpieces - is like oil and water - they just don't...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals....

Pontiff avoids word Islam and nature of deaths as he makes saints of 800 killed by Ottoman Turks in 1480 for not convertingPope Francis has canonised more than 800 15th-century martyrs who were killed after refusing to convert to Islam – a delicate and arguably unwelcome ecclesiastical move he inherited from his predecessor Benedict.The "martyrs of Otranto", whose identities...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being...

The Catholic Church makes its first public statement on the Mexican cult of Holy Death.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Church's highest honor:...

You probably heard about a Chicago man who registered PopeFrancis.com back in 2010. Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina was elected Pope, the lawyer who registered PopeFrancis.com offered to donate the domain name to the Vatican and the new Pope. PopeFrancis.com is now being used, and a Whois search shows that Direzione delle Telecomunicazioni SCV...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - At the Vatican on Friday not one, not two, but three popes were inside the tiny city-state's walls at the same time.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Two popes are praying together at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox....

The Vatican's culture minister says Mexico's folk Death Saint, the Santa Muerte, is a blasphemous symbol that should not be part of any religion.    

Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years.    

Francis, 76, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, made the comments while addressing a gathering of nuns from around the world at the Vatican.

Pope Francis has told 800 nuns gathered at the Vatican that they should be spiritual "mothers" rather than "spinsters".

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that clergy who were "careerists" or "social climbers" were doing serious damage to the Catholic Church, his latest utterance aimed at...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids."...

La Vatican a conclu mardi avec les Etats-Unis un accord de partage d'informations sur les transactions financières douteuses. L'Institut pour les oeuvres religieuses (IOR), la banque du Vatican, fonctionne en grande partie en dehors du système mondial de régulation bancaire. Elle a été à plusieurs...Articles en rapportL'euro se reprend un peu face au dollar, aidé...

Le Dow a gagné 0,58%, le S&P 500 0,52% et le Nasdaq 0,11%Quatrième record de clôture d'affilée pour le S&PMatières première et énergie ont soutenu la tendanceLes valeurs technologiques à la traîneArticles en rapportL'euro se reprend un peu face au dollar, aidé par un indicateur allemandAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations financièresWall...

La Bourse de New York a fini en hausse mardi, la progression des valeurs liées aux matières premières et à l'énergie ayant permis à l'indice phare Standard & Poor's d'atteindre un nouveau plus haut historique en séance. Le Dow Jones a gagné 87,31 points, soit 0,58%, à 15.056,20. Le S&P-500, plus...Articles en rapportAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations...

La Bourse de New York a fini en hausse mardi, la progression des valeurs liées aux matières premières et à l'énergie ayant permis à l'indice phare Standard & Poor's d'atteindre un nouveau plus haut historique en séance. Le Dow Jones a gagné 87,31 points, soit 0,58%, à 15.056,20. Le S&P-500, plus...Articles en rapportAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations...

Le conseil d'administration de Telecom Italia devrait renoncer à adopter cette semaine une décision sur l'ouverture formelle de discussions en vue d'un rapprochement avec Hutchison Whampoa car ses principaux actionnaires sont divisés sur la question, a-t-on appris de plusieurs sources proches du...Articles en rapportAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations financièresWall...

La France a emprunté au total 8,176 milliards d'euros sur le marché lundi lors d'une opération de court terme qui s'est soldée par des taux en baisse, dont un négatif, a annoncé mardi l'Agence France Trésor. L'AFT, chargée de placer la dette française sur les marchés, a enregistré 9 millions...Articles en rapportAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations...

Les taux d'emprunt à 10 ans ont terminé la séance en ordre dispersé mardi sur le marché obligataire européen, les investisseurs se détournant des dettes allemandes et françaises après l'emprunt à 10 ans du Portugal, couronné de succès. A 18H00 (16H00 GMT), le taux à 10 ans de l'Espagne, qui évolue...Articles en rapportAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations...

La Bourse de New York hésitait à la mi-séance mardi entre un coup de pouce de la banque centrale australienne et le recul de plusieurs valeurs technologiques: le Dow Jones gagnait 0,24% tandis que le Nasdaq lâchait 0,11%. Vers 16H00 GMT, le Dow Jones Industrial Average avançait de 35,75 points à...Articles en rapportAccord Vatican-USA sur le partage d'informations...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The regulator of the Vatican bank on Tuesday signed an information-sharing pact with the U.S. agency that tracks suspicious financial transactions, part of an effort by the scandal-ridden bank to improve its international image.

China accused of cyberattacks; a former prime minister of Italy has died; the trial of a neo-Nazi group member renews discussion of racism in Germany; Cuba challenges Australian tobacco laws; and possible images of American Indians have been discovered in a Vatican fresco dating from the 15th century.    

Vatican officials say they have found what could be the first European images of American Indians in a fresco painted within two years of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the so-called New World.    

Controversial Christian Democrat was friends with popes and cardinals and survived claims he helped the MafiaGiulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier and a symbol of postwar Italy has died at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94.Announcing the death, the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, called Andreotti "the most representative politician" Italy...

One killed and dozens injured in attack in Arusha during official opening attended by Vatican ambassador to the country.

Britain's most senior priest, who retired over inappropriate sexual conduct, has been advised against Dunbar move, report saysCardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior priest, has been ordered by the Vatican to leave Scotland, it has been reported.The cardinal, who retired from the leadership of the church in Scotland after admitting inappropriate sexual conduct with...

Vatican police officers known as the Gendarmeria, are seen wearing helmets and carrying shields as they are put through their paces by Italian police colleagues.

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned February 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of having a retired pontiff living alongside a reigning one.

Boston Marathon bombings suspect tells of considering Fourth of July attack; Egypt’s birthrate rises; the European Central Bank cuts its interest rate; two popes in the Vatican; and the fate of Venice’s boy and frog.    

In an ancient painting tucked away in the Vatican, preservationists have discovered what is believed to be the first ever depiction of the Native Americans that Christopher Columbus encountered during his first trip to the New World.

Preservationists in the Vatican made the find while working on a Renaissance fresco.

Sixty-three days after he stunned the world by resigning the papacy, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was flown by helicopter back to the Vatican, where he will live out the rest of his days.    

INFOGRAPHIE - Comme prévu, le pape émérite a pris possession du monastère dans l'enceinte du Vatican où il entend finir ses jours dans une vie de prière.Articles en rapportUn collaborateur du ministre de l'Outremer force la route d'un rallyeDupont de Ligonnès: de nouvelles fouillesParis : un SDF découvre des armes de guerre dans une poubelleL'inspiration soixante-huitarde...

Caleb Orozco, of gay rights group UniBAM, is taking the fight against 'anti-buggery' criminal laws to Belize's supreme courtCaleb Orozco has been denounced as the antichrist, received death threats and had a beer bottle smashed into his face. Next Tuesday, the gay rights campaigner will face a very different kind of challenge, when he comes up against the attorney general...

Emeritus pope and Pope Francis begin unprecedented period of co-habitation in tiny city stateThe emeritus pope, Benedict XVI, was greeted by his successor on his return to the Vatican on Thursday to begin an unprecedented period of co-habitation in which two white-robed pontiffs will share the grounds of the tiny, walled city state.Benedict, who retired at the end of February,...

By Alessandro Speciale Religion News ServiceVATICAN CITY (RNS) Preservationists working on a Renaissance fresco in the Vatican have uncovered what experts believe is the first European representation of Native Americans, from 1494.Read More...More on Catholic Church