Francis X. Rocca

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Reconciliation between the pope and a schismatic
group is impossible unless the group accepts the last half-century of
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) A campaign to hold the pope responsible for "crimes
against humanity" is not a publicity stunt, sex abuse victims say, even
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) A few weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pope
John Paul II invited Muslim leaders to an interfaith prayer summit in
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholic priests at this week's World Youth Day (WYD)
celebrations in Madrid will be specially empowered to lift the
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When China's state-run Catholic Church ordained a new bishop for the Diocese of Shantou this summer without the Vatican's approval, it represented the latest step back from years of progress in a c...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Ireland's prime minister said Catholic priests could
be jailed for failing to report child sex abuse crimes they hear during
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A special commission sponsored by the Irish government criticized a
bishop for failing to report allegations of clerical sexual abuse to
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Christian missionaries should re­nounce all "deception and coercive
means" of winning converts, according to a final document from a
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(RNS) After strong criticism from the Jewish community, Israel's
ambassador to the Vatican backpedaled from his praise of the
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(RNS) In a conciliatory gesture regarding one of the most sensitive
points of Jewish-Catholic relations, Israel's ambassador to the Vatican
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(RNS) In a move likely to aggravate tensions with the Vatican, China's
state-run Catholic church announced on Thursday (June 23) that it may
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For seven centuries, eucharistic adoration—praying before an exposed
consecrated communion host—was one of the most popular forms of devotion
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican will use online education and other
methods to help the world's Catholic bishops and the heads of religious
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican will use online education and other
methods to help the world's Catholic bishops and the heads of religious
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Catholics forced to participate in ordinations of
bishops without the pope's approval may be exempt from the usual penalty
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Prosecutors in Rome on Wednesday (June 1) released
$33 million (23 million euros) in Vatican funds that had been frozen
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has closed the monastery of a
fourth-century Roman basilica on account of "liturgical and financial
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) The morality and effectiveness of using condoms to
prevent HIV/AIDS will be on the agenda at a Vatican conference this
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Amnesty International has criticized the Vatican for
falling short of its commitments to protect children from sex abuse.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The world's Catholic bishops have one year to set
national policies on clerical sex abuse of minors, the Vatican said on
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