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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Career Diplomat Serious Contender To Be Next Pope
A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff.
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List Of 15 Potential Candidates Who Could Be The Successor To Pope Francis
Whether diplomats, theologians, mediators or Vatican insiders, here are 15 cardinals who are among the potential favourites to become the next pope, known as the "papabili", divided by region.
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Ukraine's Zelensky Expected To Meet Pope Francis Tomorrow: Report
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
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Vatican Wants Italy To Stop Anti-Homophobia Law: Report
The Vatican has made an "unprecedented" formal diplomatic objection to a draft Italian law against homophobia, a news report said Tuesday.
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US Secretary Of State Calls For Pope To Show "Courage" Over China
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revived a spat with the Vatican Wednesday during a visit to Rome, a month ahead of the US elections and hot on the heels of a diplomatic breach that experts see as an effort to win conservative Catholic votes.
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Chinese, Vatican Foreign Ministers Hold First Meeting: State Media
The foreign ministers of China and the Vatican have met in the first such high-level encounter between the sides, which do not have diplomatic ties, Beijing's state media said Saturday.
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Pope Francis Names First Woman To Senior Vatican Diplomatic Post
Pope Francis on Wednesday named the first woman to hold a high-ranking post in the Secretariat of State, the male-dominated Vatican's diplomatic and administrative nerve centre.
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Pope Francis Enacts New Legislation To Prevent Child Abuse In Vatican
Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as well as by its diplomatic corps worldwide.
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Vatican Jails Priest For Possessing Child Pornography
A Vatican court on Saturday jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the Holy See's Washington embassy, for possessing and sharing child pornography.
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Catholic Priest Admits To Possessing Child Pornography In Trial
A Catholic priest who worked as a diplomat at the Vatican's embassy in Washington admitted at the start of his trial on Friday that he had possessed child pornography while based in the United States.
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Chinese Paper Says China Will Establish Ties With Vatican Eventually
China and the Vatican will establish formal diplomatic relations sooner or later because Pope Francis has the "wisdom" to resolve problems between the two sides, a state-run Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday.
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France Abandons Bid To Appoint Gay Ambassador To Vatican
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday appointed to a different post a diplomat he had originally nominated as ambassador to the Holy See, who media said had been rejected by the Vatican because he was gay.
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Raul Castro to Thank Pope Francis For Mediating US-Cuba Rapprochement
Cuban President Raul Castro will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican today to thank the pontiff for his role in brokering the rapprochement between Havana and Washington.
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Pope Francis Considering Cuba Visit in September: Vatican
Pope Francis, who played a role in the diplomatic thaw between Washington and Havana, is considering a visit to Cuba as part of his US trip in September, the Vatican said Friday.
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Vatican, France in Showdown Over Gay Ambassador
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat as France's ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green light from Rome.
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Career Diplomat Serious Contender To Be Next Pope
A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff.
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List Of 15 Potential Candidates Who Could Be The Successor To Pope Francis
Whether diplomats, theologians, mediators or Vatican insiders, here are 15 cardinals who are among the potential favourites to become the next pope, known as the "papabili", divided by region.
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Ukraine's Zelensky Expected To Meet Pope Francis Tomorrow: Report
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
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Vatican Wants Italy To Stop Anti-Homophobia Law: Report
The Vatican has made an "unprecedented" formal diplomatic objection to a draft Italian law against homophobia, a news report said Tuesday.
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US Secretary Of State Calls For Pope To Show "Courage" Over China
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revived a spat with the Vatican Wednesday during a visit to Rome, a month ahead of the US elections and hot on the heels of a diplomatic breach that experts see as an effort to win conservative Catholic votes.
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Chinese, Vatican Foreign Ministers Hold First Meeting: State Media
The foreign ministers of China and the Vatican have met in the first such high-level encounter between the sides, which do not have diplomatic ties, Beijing's state media said Saturday.
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Pope Francis Names First Woman To Senior Vatican Diplomatic Post
Pope Francis on Wednesday named the first woman to hold a high-ranking post in the Secretariat of State, the male-dominated Vatican's diplomatic and administrative nerve centre.
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Pope Francis Enacts New Legislation To Prevent Child Abuse In Vatican
Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as well as by its diplomatic corps worldwide.
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Vatican Jails Priest For Possessing Child Pornography
A Vatican court on Saturday jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the Holy See's Washington embassy, for possessing and sharing child pornography.
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Catholic Priest Admits To Possessing Child Pornography In Trial
A Catholic priest who worked as a diplomat at the Vatican's embassy in Washington admitted at the start of his trial on Friday that he had possessed child pornography while based in the United States.
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Chinese Paper Says China Will Establish Ties With Vatican Eventually
China and the Vatican will establish formal diplomatic relations sooner or later because Pope Francis has the "wisdom" to resolve problems between the two sides, a state-run Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday.
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France Abandons Bid To Appoint Gay Ambassador To Vatican
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday appointed to a different post a diplomat he had originally nominated as ambassador to the Holy See, who media said had been rejected by the Vatican because he was gay.
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Raul Castro to Thank Pope Francis For Mediating US-Cuba Rapprochement
Cuban President Raul Castro will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican today to thank the pontiff for his role in brokering the rapprochement between Havana and Washington.
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Pope Francis Considering Cuba Visit in September: Vatican
Pope Francis, who played a role in the diplomatic thaw between Washington and Havana, is considering a visit to Cuba as part of his US trip in September, the Vatican said Friday.
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Vatican, France in Showdown Over Gay Ambassador
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat as France's ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green light from Rome.
