Experts say pope's metaphor of a 'field hospital' has special punch for Africa
- Dec 8, 2019
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Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988
- Dec 5, 2019
A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abused as a child by the priest who would become Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but that the Vatican did nothing — claims he also made in a lawsuit this summer in New York.
Mozambique begins Pope Francis’s three-nation trip to Africa
- Sep 4, 2019
Pope Francis lands today in Mozambique, the first of the 3 M’s of the Indian Ocean he will visit Sept. 4-10 during the 31st international trip of his pontificate.
A novel contest for the future of an erstwhile papal ‘oasis’
- Aug 17, 2019
The Salesians have launched not a sale but a contest: They’ve hired a consulting firm to solicit ideas about a creative new use for a property in northern Italy used by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI for their summer vacations.
Italy’s August break recalls that faith may be universal, but Vatican is particular
- Aug 15, 2019
Italy’s traditional August “ferragosto” lull offers a reminder of the thousand-and-one ways in which Italian culture shapes the ethos of the Vatican.
Washington a city of religious sites, not just monuments to government
- Aug 3, 2019
Washington isn’t exactly known for its religious memorials.
Italian tragedy highlights gap between rhetoric and reality on the mafia
- Jul 19, 2019
A recent tragedy in the small Italian town of Vittoria highlights a gap between the anti-mafia rhetoric of recent popes and occasional ambivalence from the Church on the ground.
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