Vatican denounces Mexico's Death Saint as blasphemy
The Vatican's culture minister says Mexico's folk Death Saint is a blasphemous symbol that shouldn't be part of any religion.
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A senior Vatican official says the Mexican folk saint Santa Muerte, represented by a skeletal figure. is a "degeneration of religion".
View ArticleEgypt's pope in 1st visit to Vatican in 40 years
Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years.
View ArticleEgypt's pope in first visit to Vatican in 40 years
Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years.
View ArticlePope Faces First Crisis as Archbishop Resists Pressure to Quit
Pope Francis is facing what is being described as the first crisis of his papacy: a Puerto Rican archbishop who is refusing to obey numerous Vatican requests that he resign.
View Article2 Popes Meet: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis
(VATICAN CITY) — Two popes are praying together at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox. The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, Pope Tawadros II, called on Pope Francis on Friday in the...
View Article2 popes praying: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis
Two popes prayed together on Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches.
View ArticleThree popes in Vatican as Egypt's Coptic leader visits Francis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - At the Vatican on Friday not one, not two, but three popes were inside the tiny city-state's walls at the same time.
View ArticlePope Shows Support for Embattled Egyptian Copts
Pope Francis stood shoulder-to-shoulder Friday with the embattled Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church when he became only the second Pope to receive the Egyptian church's leader at the Vatican in more than...
View ArticleFatherhood in bad faith
VATICAN CITY — Prominent American priest Rev. Thomas Williams of the Legion of Christ has left the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child years ago.<br/><br/>The Legion’s...
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