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Taiwan president to visit Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Mar 17, 2013 06:51 EDT

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou was due to leave for the Vatican on Sunday to attend the inauguration mass of Pope Francis in a move that has stoked tensions with China.

Pope 'in good health' despite boyhood lung op: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Mar 14, 2013 14:06 EDT

Pope Francis, at age 76 only two years younger than his predecessor Benedict XVI upon his election, enjoys good health, the Vatican said Thursday while confirming that he had part of his lung removed as a boy.

New pope had part of lung removed: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Mar 14, 2013 11:25 EDT

Pope Francis had part of a lung removed "many, many years ago", the Vatican said Thursday after the 76-year-old's historic election.

Conclave to elect next pope set for Tuesday: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Mar 08, 2013 11:46 EST

Catholic cardinals will meet for a conclave starting on Tuesday to elect the next pope after Benedict XVI's historic resignation, the Vatican said in a statement.

Cardinals to begin pre-conclave talks in Vatican

by Dario Thuburn AFP Global Edition

Mar 03, 2013 22:17 EST

Catholic cardinals begin talks on Monday ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, following Benedict XVI's historic resignation, as a British cardinal not in attendance admitted to sexual misconduct with priests.

Benedict to become 'pope emeritus': Vatican

by Gina Doggett AFP Global Edition

Feb 26, 2013 11:07 EST

Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "pope emeritus" and can continue to wear the white papal cassock after he steps down this week, the Vatican said Tuesday.

Ex-pope will have 'pontiff emeritus' title: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Feb 26, 2013 07:18 EST

Pope Benedict XVI will have the official title of "pontiff emeritus" after he resigns on Thursday -- the first leader of the Catholic Church to do so since the Middle Ages, the Vatican said.

Pope decree allows earlier conclave: Vatican

by Gina Doggett AFP Global Edition

Feb 25, 2013 14:36 EST

Pope Benedict XVI issued a decree on Monday allowing cardinals to bring forward a conclave to elect his successor, as the resignation of a top cardinal and deepening intrigue in the Vatican clouded the run-up to the vote.

Pope may bring forward election conclave: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Feb 20, 2013 11:51 EST

Pope Benedict XVI may issue a decree to bring forward the start date for a conclave of cardinals to elect his successor to earlier in March, the Vatican said Wednesday.

Pope may bring conclave forward: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Feb 20, 2013 08:57 EST

Pope Benedict XVI may issue a decree that would bring forward the conclave tasked with electing his successor before a date in mid-March scheduled under the current rules, the Vatican said Wednesday.

Pope may bring conclave forward, says Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Feb 20, 2013 08:21 EST

Pope Benedict XVI may issue a decree bringing forward the conclave tasked with electing his successor and which can theoretically begin before March 15, the Vatican said Wednesday.

Benedict will lose power of infallibility: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Feb 13, 2013 09:44 EST

Pope Benedict XVI will lose his infallibility -- his supreme authority in Church matters -- as soon he steps down on February 28, the Vatican said on Wednesday as it struggles to explain a virtually unprecedented situation.

Pope pardons butler but expels him from Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Dec 22, 2012 20:16 EST

Pope Benedict XVI pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing secret papal memos, but banished the once loyal servant from the Vatican forever.

Pope pardons butler, expels him from Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Dec 22, 2012 08:13 EST

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking secret papal memos, but banished him from the Vatican.

Pope to send a delegation to Damascus: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Oct 16, 2012 14:36 EDT

Pope Benedict XVI will send a delegation to the Syrian capital to "express his brotherly solidarity with the entire population", the Vatican said Tuesday.

Trial of pope's butler to start September 29: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Sep 17, 2012 09:22 EDT

Pope Benedict XVI's former butler and a Vatican computer technician will go on trial starting September 29 on charges of leaking secret papers that revealed fraud and intrigue in the Holy See.

Christian girl held on blasphemy cannot read: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP South Asian Edition

Aug 25, 2012 14:34 EDT

French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran on Saturday went to the defence of the young Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy, stressing that she "cannot read or write."

Threats of 'unprecedented gravity' to US Church: Vatican

By Staff Reporter AFP American Edition

Aug 06, 2012 12:39 EDT

The Vatican Monday warned of threats of "unprecedented gravity" to the Catholic Church in the United States, in the latest such censure in the lead-up to the US presidential elections.

Pope's butler placed under house arrest in Vatican

by Dario Thuburn AFP Global Edition

Jul 21, 2012 14:04 EDT

Pope Benedict XVI's butler was released from a Vatican cell and placed under house arrest on Saturday as he awaits a ruling on whether he should stand trial for leaking confidential papers.

Women 'the answer' for scandal-hit Vatican

by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere AFP Global Edition

Jul 07, 2012 22:58 EDT

The Catholic Church could have avoided much of the scandal that currently surrounds it if women had been in positions of power, says a feminist insider in the Church.