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Vatican faces 'complicated' balancing act in responding to US arrest of Maduro
As cardinals gather in Rome for their first consistory under Pope Leo XIV, Venezuela has become a test case for the church’s ...
Speaking at his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV said the Vatican II ecumenical council has “prophetic and ...
The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. Monday was the last day ...
Close to 3 million pilgrims and visitors attended audiences, liturgies or meetings at the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV from the ...
Early estimates had expected that the Jubilee Year would bring 30 million to 35 million visitors to the Vatican. The city saw ...
The Vatican’s daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano opened its Saturday edition with news of U.S. airstrikes against Venezuela ...
Mindful that Pope Francis had often used the traditional pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia to deliver some hard messages, Vatican officials had waited in expectation to see what Pope Leo would ...
As an 88-foot spruce arrives in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican workers assemble a nativity honoring St. Alphonsus Liguori and the rich Christmas traditions of southern Italy. Workers erect the ...
The parents of St. Carlo Acutis contributed to the development of a new official news application connected to the ...
Pope Leo XIV has urged Vatican cardinals to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside and work instead on building communion.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gerald Posner is the author of 13 books, including God's Bankers. Pope Francis’ sweeping reforms cleaned up some of the mess at ...
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The real reason the Vatican exists as a state
The Vatican exists as a country because the Catholic Church is powerful enough that Italy could not erase it without triggering global backlash. After Italy conquered Rome in 1870, the Popes refused ...
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