Italy expected to draw travelers by the millions as Pope Francis kicks off Holy Year
The 2025 Jubilee will bring tourists to the Vatican, Rome and Italy to celebrate the Catholic tradition of patrons asking for ...
Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs urgent reform as employees demand transparency
Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican's troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future ...
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Papal trip confirmed: Here is what Pope Francis will do in Corsica on Dec. 15
The journey includes Mass at Place d’Austerlitz and meetings with local clergy under Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo.
Pope Francis, avoiding pomp, asks to be buried in simple wooden casket
Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple ...
Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican
Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...
Pope Francis to visit French island of Corsica on Dec. 15
Pope Francis will visit Corsica on Dec. 15, the Vatican said on Saturday, the first recorded trip of a pope to the French ...
Pope says Vatican's pension fund faces 'serious imbalance'
Pope Francis said on Thursday the Vatican's pension fund is facing a "serious imbalance" that may require changes to its ...
Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican
Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies. He's simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role ...
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Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund
In a Nov. 21 letter to cardinals, prefects, and managers in the Roman Curia, the pope underlined the gravity of the ...
Pope Francis Names Late Web Designer as First Millennial Saint
Carlo Acutis, born to Italian parents in London, was a talented web designer who died from leukemia in Italy at just 15 years ...
Omar Harfouch Performs Historic Concert in the Vatican: A Message of Peace Honored by Pope Francis
After speaking, Omar Harfouch performed his "Concerto for Peace" for some twenty minutes. Warmly applauded at the end of his ...
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Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs urgent reform as employees demand transparency
ROME — Pope Francis, who has imposed a series of cost-cutting measures across the cash-strapped Vatican, warned Thursday that the city state’s troubled pension fund needs urgent reform to ...