http://www.mail.com/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/locations/21922-vatican-city.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2102462-vatican-releases-1st-report-financial-watchdog.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. The report from the Financial Intelligence Authority showed the agency received six internal reports on su... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:33:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2102462-vatican-releases-1st-report-financial-watchdog.html 2013-05-22T20:33:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102864-pope-issues-appeal-chinese-catholics.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI. Francis urged special prayers Wednesday for China's faithful that they may "live their daily lives in service to their country and their fellow citizens in a way consistent with the faith they profess." ... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:41:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102864-pope-issues-appeal-chinese-catholics.html 2013-05-22T14:41:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099730-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/news/world/2099730-pope-devil-francis-exorcist.html 2013-05-21T22:31:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100428-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 16:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100428-pope-expresses-solidarity-with-tornado-survivors.html 2013-05-21T16:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2096282-pope-church-open-up-follow-teaching.html 2013-05-19T16:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2094904-pope-leads-pep-rally-vatican-meets-with-merkel.html 2013-05-18T23:26:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090144-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 16:23:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090144-pope-blasts-cult-money-that-tyrannizes-poor.html 2013-05-16T16:23:24Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2087040-scottish-cardinal-to-atone-sexual-misconduct.html 2013-05-15T21:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2086814-pope-frees-doves-cage-st-peters-square.html 2013-05-15T12:33:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2083884-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 17:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2083884-vatican-re-enters-art-world-with-venice-biennale.html 2013-05-14T17:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2081834-africa-asia-boom-priests-europe-withers.html 2013-05-13T14:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079946-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 12:58:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079946-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html 2013-05-12T12:58:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076256-2-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/news/world/2076256-2-popes-praying-egyptian-copt-pope-francis.html 2013-05-10T12:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2070882-pope-to-nuns-maids.html 2013-05-08T09:53:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069684-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 21:14:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069684-vatican-us-treasury-agree-to-share-financial-data.html 2013-05-07T21:14:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068238-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 15:21:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068238-vatican-denies-internal-split-us-nun-crackdown.html 2013-05-07T15:21:20Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2064170-pope-encourages-protection-children-abuse.html 2013-05-05T12:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058018-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-time.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb. 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of having a retired pontiff living alongside a reigning one. Pope Francis welcomed Benedict outside his new retirement home — a converted monastery on the edge of the Vatic... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:16:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058018-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-time.html 2013-05-02T19:16:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053308-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-thursday.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI is coming home. The Vatican says the 86-year-old emeritus pontiff will move into his new retirement home in the Vatican gardens Thursday. Benedict has been living at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south of Rome, since he resigned Feb. 28. The Vatican... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:22:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053308-benedict-xvi-returns-to-vatican-thursday.html 2013-04-30T12:22:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042542-argentinas-grandmothers-seek-popes-assistance.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Members of the Argentine human rights group "Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo" asked Pope Francis on Wednesday for help finding still-missing children taken from political prisoners during the country's 1976-83 military dictatorship — and said the pontiff told them they could count on him. Estela de Carlotto, president of the group, m... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:20:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042542-argentinas-grandmothers-seek-popes-assistance.html 2013-04-24T21:20:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038840-pope-calls-release-2-bishops-syria.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for the rapid release of two bishops kidnapped by gunmen in Syria while on a humanitarian mission. Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church and John Ibrahim of the Assyrian Orthodox Church were abducted as they traveled from the Turkish border to the city of Aleppo on Monday. Their driver was killed. It... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:46:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038840-pope-calls-release-2-bishops-syria.html 2013-04-23T11:46:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036912-vatican-official-romero-saint-effort-unblocked.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican official spearheading the case to make slain Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador a saint said Tuesday the process is moving forward under Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, after years of delay under previous popes. Separately Tuesday, an Italian religious affairs magazine reported that a panel of Vatican-ap... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:25:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036912-vatican-official-romero-saint-effort-unblocked.html 2013-04-22T22:25:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028898-frugal-pope-nixes-bonus-vatican-employees.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The global economic crisis is hitting Vatican employees in their cassock pockets. The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Francis, known for his frugal ways, decided Vatican employees won't be getting the bonus that traditionally comes with the election of a new pope. In the past, the Vatican's 4,500-plus workers — both religious and lay —... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:36:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028898-frugal-pope-nixes-bonus-vatican-employees.html 2013-04-18T20:36:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020642-pope-francis-supports-crackdown-us-nuns.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis supports the Holy See's crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor mirrored the nuns' own social outreach would take a different approach than his predecessor. The Vatican last year imposed an overhaul of the Leadership Conf... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:15:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020642-pope-francis-supports-crackdown-us-nuns.html 2013-04-15T19:15:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions. The advisory panel includes only one current Vatican offi... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:35:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017416-pope-taps-cardinals-to-advise-governing-reform.html 2013-04-13T17:35:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017558-list-papal-advisers-curia-reform.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday named eight cardinals to a panel that will help advise him running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, or Curia. Seven non-Vatican officials were drawn from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America to give it geographical breadth. VATICAN OFFICIAL Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, presid... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:24:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017558-list-papal-advisers-curia-reform.html 2013-04-13T13:24:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2017228-pope-faces-tough-decisions-vatican-reforms-loom.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has spent much of his first month as pope charming ordinary Catholics with his ordinary yet extraordinary papal ways and making clear he is very much the boss when it comes to decisions as small as the shoes he wears to where he rests his head at night. In the coming months, he'll face decisions of far greater import as he... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:15:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2017228-pope-faces-tough-decisions-vatican-reforms-loom.html 2013-04-13T06:15:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002358-pope-francis-curia-appointment.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday named a Spanish Franciscan to be the No. 2 at the Vatican's office for religious orders, his first appointment to the Vatican bureaucracy badly in need of a shakeup. Jose Rodriguez, who also was elevated to archbishop, replaces U.S. Archbishop Joseph Tobin, who was transferred from the high-ranking Vatican post... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:23:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002358-pope-francis-curia-appointment.html 2013-04-06T14:23:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000270-pope-seeks-decisive-action-sex-abuse.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis directed the Vatican on Friday to act decisively on clergy sex abuse cases and punish pedophile priests, saying the Catholic Church's "credibility" was on the line. The announcement was quickly dismissed by some victims' advocates as just more talk, while others lobbying for reform in the church held out hope the new pontiff might challenge t... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:12:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2000270-pope-seeks-decisive-action-sex-abuse.html 2013-04-05T20:12:13Z