http://www.mail.com/int/locations/21922-vatican-city.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/21922-vatican-city.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099728-pope-devil-francis-exorcist.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old husband and father who traveled to Rome ... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:31:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099728-pope-devil-francis-exorcist.html 2013-05-21T22:31:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2101392-juventus-delegation-meets-pope-francis-vatican.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Juventus coach Antonio Conte and captain Gianluigi Buffon have led a club delegation to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican. Pope Francis is a football lover and an avid fan of Argentine team San Lorenzo, although he is also said to like Juventus because of his family's roots from the Piedmont region. Juventus president Andrea Agnelli was... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:28:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2101392-juventus-delegation-meets-pope-francis-vatican.html 2013-05-21T22:28:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100426-pope-expresses-solidarity-with-tornado-survivors.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed his "closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for "those who lost young children." The pope posted a Twitter message to the survivors Tuesday, and followed up with a telegram to the archbishop of Oklahoma City, Paul S. Coakley. The deadly tornado struck a suburb... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:56:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100426-pope-expresses-solidarity-with-tornado-survivors.html 2013-05-21T16:56:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2096282-pope-church-open-up-follow-teaching.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. About 200,000 people turned out Sunday for Mass celebrated by Francis, about the same size crowd that came to a pep rally for Catholics that the pope led the night before in the... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2096282-pope-church-open-up-follow-teaching.html 2013-05-19T16:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader. Some 200,000 people, f... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html 2013-05-18T23:26:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093610-homesick-pope-vatican-opens-argentine-gaucho.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St. Peter's Square. The Vatican on Friday opened an exhibit on Argentine gauchos, the legendary horsemen of the pampas — a show that's been years in the works and coincidentally opened under the first Argentine pope. Officials weren't sure when Francis ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093610-homesick-pope-vatican-opens-argentine-gaucho.html 2013-05-17T18:06:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090078-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first major speech on the subject, Francis demanded Thursday that financial and political leaders reform the global financial system to make it more ethical ... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2090078-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html 2013-05-16T16:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Wednesday ordered a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave Scotland for several months to pray and atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a rare public sanction against a "prince of the church" and the first such punishment meted out by Pope Francis. Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigned as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html 2013-05-15T21:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, all thanks to Pope Francis. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his weekly public audience, someone in the crowd thrust a white bird cage with two doves inside at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the ca... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html 2013-05-15T12:33:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2085454-secretive-vatican-bank-to-publish-annual-report.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican bank, long a source of secret and scandal for the Holy See, plans to publish its annual report online as part of its efforts to be more financially transparent. Vatican Radio said Tuesday that the bank president, Ernst von Freyburg, announced the plans to his staff Monday and said the bank would launch its own website this ... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:30:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2085454-secretive-vatican-bank-to-publish-annual-report.html 2013-05-14T19:30:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. The Holy See on Tuesday unveiled details of its Venice p... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2083882-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html 2013-05-14T17:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of Catholic faithful that helped lead to the election of Pope Francis as the first non-European pope in over a millennium. The Vatican on Monday released statistics on the state of the Catholic ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:44:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html 2013-05-13T14:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2079932-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Catholic Church's highest honor: ANTONIO PEZZULLA AND 812 FELLOW MARTYRS In 1480, some 20,000 Turkish troops overran the citadel of Otranto in what is n... Sun, 12 May 2013 12:58:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2079932-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html 2013-05-12T12:58:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2079022-legion-priest-leaves-priesthood-to-care-son.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — A prominent American priest of the Legion of Christ religious order has decided to leave the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child years ago. The Legion said Saturday the Rev. Thomas Williams, a moral theologian, author, lecturer and television personality, had asked Pope Francis to be relieved of his celibacy and other priest... Sat, 11 May 2013 16:27:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2079022-legion-priest-leaves-priesthood-to-care-son.html 2013-05-11T16:27:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2076252-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches. Pope Francis welcomed the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, Pope Tawadros II, in the first such meeting at the Vatican in 40 years, saying his visit "strengthens... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:57:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2076252-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html 2013-05-10T12:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070882-pope-to-nuns-maids.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids." Francis also warned the sisters against using their vocations for personal ambition, saying priests and sisters who do so "do more harm to the church." Francis has complained frequently about such "careerism" in the church — a buzz... Wed, 08 May 2013 09:53:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070882-pope-to-nuns-maids.html 2013-05-08T09:53:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2069600-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with international anti-money laundering and anti-terror financing norms. It's the fourth such agreement inked by the Holy See as it seeks to improve its reputation in global financial circles ... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:16:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2069600-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html 2013-05-07T21:16:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2068230-vatican-denies-internal-split-us-nun-crackdown.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday denied there were any internal divisions over its crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns after a top Vatican official complained that he had been sidelined by the reform project. The head of the Vatican's office for religious orders, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, was quoted over the weekend as saying ... Tue, 07 May 2013 15:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2068230-vatican-denies-internal-split-us-nun-crackdown.html 2013-05-07T15:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068146-pope-to-visit-rio-slum-july-world-youth-day.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, or slums, during his weeklong visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, his first foreign trip as pontiff. The Vatican on Tuesday released Francis' itinerary for the July 22-29 trip to the world's largest Roman Catholic country. It includes a meeting with prisoners and a visit to a Ri... Tue, 07 May 2013 11:02:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2068146-pope-to-visit-rio-slum-july-world-youth-day.html 2013-05-07T11:02:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2064170-pope-encourages-protection-children-abuse.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for courageous defense of children to protect them from abuse. Francis made no mention of the church scandals in many countries in which clergy abused children and hierarchy covered up for them. At a Mass he celebrated Sunday in crowded St. Peter's Square, Francis said abuse victims are in his prayers. ... Sun, 05 May 2013 12:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2064170-pope-encourages-protection-children-abuse.html 2013-05-05T12:57:04Z