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POPE FRANCIS AFTER CRITICISM SENDS SEX CRIMES INVESTIGATOR TO CHILE
The pope's belief of a powerful bishop over victims outraged advocates for the survivors of sexual abuse both outside and inside the church... READ MORE›
UKRAINE, PRO-RUSSIAN REBELS SWAP HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS
The conflict in Ukraine began in 2014, when pro-Russian separatists took over parts of eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, which is composed of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces... READ MORE›
BIGGEST PRISONER SWAP IN CONFLICT TAKES PLACE
It is the biggest exchange of prisoners since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014... READ MORE›
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A VATICAN SHOT ACROSS THE BOW FOR HARD-LINE U.S. CATHOLICS
American Catholic conservatives once unacquainted with being out of papal favor have stewed privately and expressed horror publicly on numerous right-wing Catholic blogs... READ MORE›
STEVE BANNON CARRIES BATTLES TO ANOTHER INFLUENTIAL HUB
Mr. Bannon publicly articulated his worldview in remarks a few months after his meeting with Cardinal Burke, at a Vatican conference organized by Mr. Harnwell's institute... READ MORE›
GEORGE PELL TOLD TO FACE COURT ON HISTORICAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES
Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, is charged with historical sexual assault offences... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU ASKS POPE FRANCIS TO APOLOGISE FOR SCHOOLS
In 2008, former prime minister Stephen Harper issued an apology on behalf of Canadians, calling it a sad chapter in our history ... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS PRESENTS TRUMP WITH A 'POLITICALLY LOADED GIFT'
Pope Francis presents Trump with a 'politically loaded gift' His encyclical on climate change... READ MORE›
KEEP THE FAITH IN OUR TRYING TIMES
The pope usually conducts an Urbu et Orbi blessing -- Latin for To the City and the World -- just after the Easter Mass... READ MORE›
25 YEARS LATER: 7 SHOCKWAVES FROM BREAKUP OF SOVIET UNION
The Soviet Union broke up without a civil war, thank God, says Yevgeny Roizman, 54, a historian and mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's third-largest city, which borders Siberia... READ MORE›
CASTRO CREMATION BREAKS PATTERN OF COMMUNIST DICTATORS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY
Augusto Pinochet, Chile's army chief and Cuban leader Fidel Castro salute in 1971 during Castro's visit to Chile... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ALLOWS PRIESTS TO ABSOLVE 'GRAVE SIN' OF ABORTION
Post to Facebook Pope Francis allows priests to absolve 'grave sin' of abortion The pope also opposed the death penalty... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS BAN ON FEMALE PRIESTS IS LIKELY TO ENDURE
Francis has said before that the Catholic Church's ban on ordaining women as priests is a closed matter... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | TRUMP CALLS UKRAINE THE THING UKRAINIANS HATE THE MOST
Calling Ukraine the Ukraine would seem to question its sovereignty A fraught thing after Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for rebels in east Ukraine... READ MORE›
POPE AIDE GEORGE PELL CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE
For years, Pell has faced allegations that he mishandled cases of clergy abuse when he was archbishop of Melbourne and, later, Sydney... READ MORE›
POPE SAYS CHRISTIANS SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAY PEOPLE
Repeating the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church about respecting and not discriminating against gays, Pope Francis said that one could condemn certain behavior... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: MARRIED MEN COULD BE ORDAINED TO EASE PRIEST SHORTAGES
Pope Francis has said the Catholic church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests... READ MORE›
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE MISS THE SOVIET UNION?
Russia will mark the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Union's dissolution at the end of the year... READ MORE›
BEFORE 'FAKE NEWS,' THERE WAS SOVIET 'DISINFORMATION'
The Patriot's article was subsequently used as a source for an October 1985 story in the Literaturnaya Gazeta, a Soviet weekly with considerable influence at the time... READ MORE›
THE POPE'S 'BLIND SPOT' ON SEXUAL ABUSE
Charges of sexual assault against one of the Pope's top advisers, Cardinal George Pell, highlights what one observer calls Francis' blind spot on sexual abuse... READ MORE›
IN 1983 WAR SCARE, SOVIET LEADERSHIP FEARED NUCLEAR SURPRISE ATTACK BY U.S.
In 1983 we may have inadvertently placed our relations with the Soviet Union on a hair trigger the review concluded... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: CHRISTMAS 'HOSTAGE TO MATERIALISM'
During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children... READ MORE›
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POPE FRANCIS - FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T RETIRE
Will the catholic church ever earn women's forgiveness?... READ MORE›
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL'S LEGAL BILLS WON'T BE PAID BY SYDNEY ARCHDIOCESE, ARCHBISHOP SAYS
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney says it will not pay its former archbishop Cardinal George Pell's legal costs... READ MORE›
MELANIA TRUMP IN BLACK AT THE VATICAN. WHY?
Melania Trump arrived at the Vatican on Wednesday morning the picture of modesty a knee-length black dress, arms covered and a black veil over her hair... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS CHURCH SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAYS
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from gays for the way they had treated them... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS DENOUNCES GROWING 'DEMONIZATION' OF ENEMIES, OUTSIDERS
Three of the new cardinals are older than 80 and thus not eligible to vote in a conclave to elect Francis' successor... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS IN PUTINS SYRIA INTERVENTION FEAR OF A WEAK GOVERNMENT HAND
That belief is widely shared in Russia, and is one reason for Mr. Putin's genuine popularity at home... READ MORE›
PUTIN IS NOT JUST A SIDESHOW WHEN HE'S YOUR NEIGHBOR
Since his election, President Trump has done little to halt the growing confidence of Russian President Vladimir Putin... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS BEGINS EGYPT TRIP TO SHOW UNITY WITH EMBATTLED CHRISTIANS
Pope John Paul II visited Egypt in February 2000... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
VLADIMIR PUTIN VOWS THAT UNITED STATES 'WILL NEVER SUBJUGATE RUSSIA'
Before his speech on Tuesday, the Russian leader was shown a new military vehicle described as a cross between a car and an armoured personnel carrier... READ MORE›
JOHN PAUL LETTERS REVEAL 'INTENSE' FRIENDSHIP WITH WOMAN
And read the full story of Pope John Paul II and Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka In 1976, Cardinal Wojtyla attended a Catholic conference in the US... READ MORE›