Vatican News
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Documents leaked to the Italian media, involving an alleged web of corruption, cronyism, and nepotism by the Vatican, have been traced to an intimate member of the papal household, the butler.
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15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi was kidnapped in 1983. And now in a controversial statement, Father Gabriele Amorth has claimed that the girl's kidnapping was a "crime of a sexual nature."
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The 1983 disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi is back in the Vatican spotlight as the remains of her reported kidnapper, Enrico De Pedis have been exhumed in hopes of finding her body.
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An article published in the semi-official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, has caused angry reactions after it argued that proponents of euthanasia and abortion use the same arguments as the Nazi used to justify their criminal eugenics program.
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"Peace Through Music" is the title for an upcoming Chicago concert honoring the beatification of Pope John Paul II. It is schedule for April 23 in the city.
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Anonymous has been at it again. This time in revenge for recent arrests. And while they were at it, they hit the Vatican too.
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The marriage between two people of the same sex undermines the family unit and therefore forms an imminent threat to humanity, Pope Benedict XVI said on Monday.
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Doctors, nuns and priests were complicit in the baby selling scandal that has rocked Spain. A deliberate campaign to remove infants from families of whom Franco disapproved, and place them with more suitable families, developed into babies for sale.
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Charles Anderson, 60, a man serving prison term for armed robbery at the Shawnee Correctional Center, Illinois, has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Holy See, alleging priest child sex abuse in the 1960s.
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Pope Benedict XVI continues his visit to Spain this weekend amid protests at the enormous cost – over €50 million, or about $73 million – his visit has notched up.
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Vatican Headlines
The Vatican expresses dismay at the "sinful, criminal acts" by priests, in a report on child abuse in Ireland.
The Vatican sacks the director of its bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who is being investigated in a money laundering case.
 The Vatican has confirmed that the Pope's butler was arrested earlier in the week in connection with an embarrassing document leaks scandal.
 The president of the Vatican bank was effectively ousted Thursday after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers for having leaked documents and failed to do his job at a critical time in the Holy See's efforts to show transparency in its finances, the Vatican and officials said.
Pope Benedict leads service for thousands of followers in attendance.
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Vatican Blogs
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Note: Posted this an an Op-Ed piece, enjoy. Everywhere I look, there seems to be one more fresh injection of...
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The message of tolerance is necessary not only for the Islamic militants but also for the so-called secularists, who...
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The war of words between the new Irish government and the Catholic Church has got me to watching a bit of Irish TV...
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Anger is building as the visit of the Pope Benedict to Germany, due later this month, draws nearer. German...
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In 1992 an Irish singer tore up a picture of the Pope John Paul II accusing Catholic clergy of child abuse and the...
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