Vatican
Pope Francis sends 15,000 ice-creams to prisoners in Rome
Treats delivered to city’s two prisons during one of hottest summers on record in Italy
Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent
08, Sep, 2021 @11:10 AM
Excommunicated Spanish ‘witch’ village turns curse into tourist cash
Embracing its strange past is a blessing for Trasmoz as thousands flock to its witchcraft attractions
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
22, Aug, 2021 @9:15 AM
Cardinal denies financial crimes in biggest ever Vatican trial
Angelo Becciu accused in case that centres on a €350m deal to buy a former Harrods warehouse
Harriet Sherwood and agencies
27, Jul, 2021 @5:53 PM
Pope Francis goes to hospital for scheduled surgery on colon
Vatican says pontiff had general anaesthetic during operation for diverticular stenosis of the colon
Staff and agencies
04, Jul, 2021 @10:08 PM
Vatican urges Italy to stop proposed anti-homophobia law
Law calls into question church’s ‘freedom of organisation’ and threatens ‘freedom of thought’, letter claims
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
22, Jun, 2021 @1:11 PM
Australia’s Holy See ambassador under fire for saying she wants to change ‘narrative’ away from George Pell
Abuse survivors say Chiara Porro should be working to avoid a repeat of the child abuse scandal exposed by the royal commission
Christopher Knaus
28, May, 2021 @8:00 PM
Pope Francis kisses Holocaust survivor’s Auschwitz tattoo
Pontiff makes gesture during Vatican meeting with Lidia Maksymowicz, an 81-year-old Polish citizen
Staff and agencies in the Vatican City
26, May, 2021 @2:57 PM
Pope announces ‘envelope culture’ crackdown at Vatican
In bid to end corruption, Francis bars employees from accepting gifts worth more than €40
Harriet Sherwood and agencies
29, Apr, 2021 @3:22 PM
Elton John criticises 'hypocritical' Vatican over same-sex stance
Singer tweets that Holy See indirectly invested in his Rocketman biopic
Angela Giuffrida
16, Mar, 2021 @6:37 PM
Australia’s financial watchdog overstated sum sent from Vatican by $2.2bn
Austrac concedes sum transferred between 2014 and 2020 was $9.5m, blaming the mistake on a coding error
Nino Bucci with Reuters
14, Jan, 2021 @1:27 AM
The Guardian view on liberal Christians: is this their moment? | Editorial
Editorial: The election of practising Catholic Joe Biden is just one reason for religious progressives to be hopeful
Editorial
01, Jan, 2021 @4:22 PM
Italian judge killed by Sicilian mafia to be beatified as martyr
Pope Francis likens 1990 killing of ‘boy judge’ Rosario Livatino to a hate crime against Catholic faith
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
22, Dec, 2020 @6:36 PM
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