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Vatican comes under sharp criticism for sex abuse

YoopyaJan 17, 2014November 26, 20230

GENEVA (AP) — It resembled a courtroom cross-examination, except no question was off-limits, dodging the answer wasn’t an option and the proceedings were webcast live.

Pope names 19 new cardinals, focusing on the poor

YoopyaJan 12, 2014December 10, 20230

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, including Haiti and

Scooter riding preacher insists he’s Jesus reincarnated despite 40 arrests and ban from Britain

YoopyaJan 8, 2014December 3, 20230

Inri Cristo has been dressing up as Christ since 1979 and tells followers: “I can be crazy but not dumb” This man believes he is

Pope to travel to Holy Land May 24-26

YoopyaJan 5, 2014December 10, 20230

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan on May 24-26, his first visit

Cricket holy war on as Anglicans accept Vatican challenge

YoopyaDec 23, 2013February 2, 20240

(Reuters) – Let the holy war begin. The holy war of cricket, that is. The Church of England on Friday formally took up the Vatican’s

For birthday, Pope Francis welcomes homeless, canonizes priest, gets honored by gay magazine

YoopyaDec 20, 2013December 31, 20230

By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News Pope Francis, the down-home pontiff whose compassionate and pastoral message is resonating around the world, turned 77-years-old on

Pope attacks mega-salaries and wealth gap in peace message

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Pope Francis said in the first peace message of his pontificate that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on

Pope Francis is Time’s Person of the Year

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis has been selected by Time magazine as the Person of the Year. In only his first year, the pope

Pope Francis attacks ‘tyranny’ of markets in broad manifesto for papacy

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as a new tyranny and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on

France reaffirms its limits on Muslim headscarves and full-face veils

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for