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The article focuses on the return of Pope Francis to the Vatican after a three-day hospital stay for bronchitis, raising concerns about his health as an 86-year-old pontiff who had major surgery in 2021 and appeared in good spirits and planned to participate in all Holy Week celebrations.

The article reports on the anger expressed by animal rights activists after authorities killed wild boars on a playground near the Vatican.

The article offers information on the Roman Catholic Church has raised the idea of ordaining older married men as priests in the Amazon's remote areas where there is a shortage of clergy as of June, 2019.

The article reports that the Vatican and Pope Francis have decided to end the investigation and takeover of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a group of American nuns, ordered by Pope Benedict XVI over concerns about the groups' views on priesthood, birth control, and sexuality. Details are included on an April 2015 meeting between Francis and a delegation from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious at the Vatican.

The article discusses Pope Francis I's acknowledgment of efforts to gain influence within the Catholic Church by gay prelates in the Vatican hierarchy as of June 12, 2013. Topics addressed include Francis' focus on addressing corruption within the Vatican, and allegations of blackmail by Vatican officials and clergy during the tenure of Pope Benedict XVI.

The article reports on the clarification made by Vatican City regarding the preference and of the Catholic Church for burial than cremation of dead loved ones and mentions the guidelines on avoidance of scattering ashes in sea, land, and air.

The article discusses Mr. Jozef Wesolowski is a Polish former prelate of the Roman Catholic, was accused for sexual abusing boys while serving in the Caribbean and of possessing child pornography. Topics include Vatican had secretly recalled him Santo Domingo the Capital of Dominican Republic, he was defrocked by the Vatican last June, Vatican announced to create a new tribunal for this case. The article also discusses the trail would be held inside in Vatican City.

The article reports on the criticism of Vatican bureaucracy by Pope Francis during his Christmas speech in Rome, Italy.

The article offers information on the huge amount of money found by Vatican and mentions that their unawareness about the hidden money.

The article reports that Pope Francis had met with the victims of clerical sexual abuse to beg for forgiveness and to take an effective step to prevent abuse and to protect the children in Vatican City.

The article reports that Pope Francis has met up with a diverse group of religious leaders who gathered at the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City on March 20, 2013.

The article reports that the Cardinals at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City have selected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina as Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church who asked the people of Rome to pray for him.

The article reports on the use of Pope Benedict XVI of the microblogging website Twitter.com. It mentions that the use of the microblogging website by the Pope is aimed to encourage the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world especially the young people to be closer to the Church. It adds that the Tweets of the Pope will be available in various languages including French, English, German, Italian, and other languages.

The article reports that Papacy computer expert Claudio Sciarpelletti was convicted of obstruction of justice by a Vatican City court as part of a wider investigation into the theft of confidential papal documents leaked to a journalist. It says that Sciarpelletti was found guilty of misleading investigators by providing false testimony after his interrogation. Moreover, he was given a two-month suspended sentence.

The article reports on the appointments of six cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI in which one of them is Archbishop James Harvey, an American who heads the papal household and employed the butler who was convicted of stealing private documents and leaking them to the press.

ROME -- A mysterious source named Maria. A room furnished with a single chair where sensitive Vatican documents are turned over to an investigative journalist at regular meetings. The arrest of the pope's butler. Perhaps the greatest breach in centuries in the wall of secrecy that surrounds the Vatican. An on-again-off-again scandal that the Italian press has called VatiLeaks burst into the open on Friday with the arrest by Vatican gendarmes of a man, identified in news reports as Paolo Gabriele, the pope's butler, who the Vatican said was in possession of confidential documents and was suspected of leaking private letters, some of which were addressed to Pope Benedict XVI. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Vatican said Thursday that it would take legal action to prevent the distribution of an advertisement by the Benetton clothing company showing Pope Benedict XVI kissing a prominent Egyptian imam. The Vatican said it had told its lawyers in Italy and abroad to ''take the proper legal measures'' to block the use of an altered photo it considered ''damaging to not only to the dignity of the pope and the Catholic Church but also to the feelings of believers.'' Responding to earlier protests, Benetton said Wednesday that it would withdraw the ad, part of a campaign of photo montages showing religious and political leaders kissing. A company spokesman apologized for causing offense, saying the ad campaign was intended to combat hatred. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Vatican and the predominantly Muslim nation of Malaysia established diplomatic relations on Monday, a sign that the Southeast Asian nation's government was opening to religious minorities after interfaith tensions had shaken the country's Catholic community. The Holy See announced the agreement after Pope Benedict XVI and high-ranking Vatican officials met with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia at Castel Gandolfo, the pope's summer residence outside Rome. In recent years, tensions have been high between Catholics, who make up about 9 percent of Malaysia's population, and the Malaysian government. Catholics have complained of vandalism against churches and the government's confiscation of Malay-language Bibles because of a ban on the use of ''Allah'' as a Malay-language translation for God. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Vatican on Monday condemned the most recent ordination of a bishop in China without papal consent, saying that Pope Benedict XVI was ''deeply saddened'' by the illegitimate election that damages the unity of the church. The Vatican said that Paul Lei Shiyin, ordained last week by China's state-controlled Catholic Church as the bishop of Leshan, was not recognized as a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church and risked automatic excommunication. China's church ordained another bishop in November, a point of deep contention between Rome and Beijing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Vatican put a new rule into effect on Friday requiring that anyone bringing 10,000 euros (about $14,000) or more into Vatican City declare it to Vatican authorities. The rule is part of new anti-money-laundering regulations aimed at bringing the Vatican in line with international standards on financial transparency and helping it shed its image as a tax shelter. Italian authorities are investigating the Vatican Bank for money laundering. The Vatican has denied wrongdoing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Vatican issued a rare statement on Friday warning people not to be fooled by agencies and Web sites selling tickets for the beatification of Pope John Paul II. It said no tickets were required for the ceremonies, in particular for the beatification Mass, which Pope Benedict XVI is expected to celebrate on May 1. Millions of visitors are expected in Rome for festivities surrounding the beatification of John Paul, which places him one step closer to sainthood. After the Mass on May 1, John Paul's tomb will be moved from beneath St. Peter's Basilica to its interior, where his remains will be on view. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appointed the president and the governing board of a new financial watchdog aimed at overseeing the Vatican's finances and helping it comply with international policies against money laundering and the financing of terrorists. Benedict announced the new agency in December and on Wednesday appointed Cardinal Attilio Nicora, left, already the Holy See's de-facto finance minister, as its president. The four board members, all laymen, have backgrounds in accounting, law and finance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than 200 cardinals meeting at the Vatican later this month for a consistory to nominate 24 new cardinals will participate in a Nov. 19 ''day of reflection and prayer'' on pivotal issues facing the church, including its response to cases of clerical sexual abuse, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday. The discussion will also focus on religious freedom in the world, relations with other religions and procedures for accepting disaffected Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday condemned the abuse of children by members of the clergy. Speaking to Pontifical Council for the Family members, the pope said that while the church has defended children's dignity and rights throughout the centuries, in some cases, members of the clergy had violated those rights. The church, he said, ''hasn't and won't ever stop deploring and condemning'' such behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reveals that Pope Francis refused to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he published a sharp letter excoriating the Vatican's plans to renew an agreement with the Chinese government on church operations in China.

The article discusses that the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on January 5, 2023, in which two official delegations of Germany and Italy will be present, but it was not clear if he would receive the full procedural pomp and circumstance for a pontiff who died in office.

The article reports on the first 24 hours of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a pope, wherein he shifted the tone of papacy in the Vatican City.

The Vatican's doctrinal office on Monday denounced an American nun who taught Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School for a book that attempted to present a theological rationale for same-sex relationships, masturbation and remarriage after divorce. The Vatican office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the book, ''Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics,'' by Sister Margaret A. Farley, was ''not consistent with authentic Catholic theology,'' and should not be used by Roman Catholics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican issued revisions to its internal laws on Thursday making it easier to discipline sex-abuser priests, but caused confusion by also stating that ordaining women as priests was as grave an offense as pedophilia. The decision to link the issues appears to reflect the determination of embattled Vatican leaders to resist any suggestion that pedophilia within the priesthood can be addressed by ending the celibacy requirement or by allowing women to become priests. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the papal election in Rome in March 2013. It mentions that the secret voting for the selection of the pope will begin at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on March 12. It offers descriptions on the lives of several cardinals which include Cardinal Angelo Scola, Cardinal Erdo of Hungary and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.

The article focuses on the move of 115 cardinals to gather together in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City to elect the next pope.

BEIJING -- In a sign of rising tensions between the Vatican and China, authorities in recent days have ordained one Catholic bishop without Rome's consent and detained another after he made a dramatic break with the country's Communist-run religious hierarchy. On Friday, government officials organized the consecration of the Rev. Joseph Yue Fusheng as bishop in the northern city of Harbin. Bishop Yue's nomination had not been approved by the Vatican, and reports said bishops loyal to the Vatican were forced to participate -- a common practice meant to give Beijing-appointed bishops legitimacy in the eyes of local believers. The Vatican immediately excommunicated him. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]