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Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, according to an announcement from Vatican News. Before his papacy, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Argentina, held a variety of jobs, including working as a nightclub bouncer.  

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican 11 days after surgery to remove part of his colon.

She was expelled from FCC for participating in public protests demanding the arrest of Franco Mulakkal in the nun rape case.

Catholic priest, Robin Vadakkumchery, who had served Syro Malabar Church in Kerala has been expelled from priesthood by the Vatican, media cell of Archdiocese of Mananthavady in Wayanad district said on Sunday.

Experts were looking for the remains of Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican clerk who failed to return home following a music lesson in Rome.

Pell is the most senior Roman Catholic official to be convicted of sexual offences, bringing a rolling abuse scandal that has dogged the church worldwide for three decades to the heart of both the Vatican and Australian civic life.

Pell becomes the most senior Catholic clergyman worldwide to be convicted for child sex offences.   

Meanwhile, Bishop Mulakkal has been brought to the notice of the Vatican.

Pope Francis denounced abortion on Saturday as the "white glove" equivalent of the Nazi-era eugenics programme and urged families to accept the children that God gives them. Francis spoke off-the-cuff to a meeting of an Italian family association.

Archbishop of Goa and Daman Father Filipe Neri Ferrao on Monday wrote a letter to churches saying that the Constitution is in danger and most people are living in insecurity.

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This June, Rome expressed "grave concerns" over the fate of a clandestine or underground church bishop who was detained mid-May.

Australian police said last month Pell had been summoned to appear on charges of "historical sexual offences" from multiple complainants.  

"Holy Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a universal symbol, beloved by believers (and) unbelievers," said Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, 85, an ex-prefect of the powerful Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

Donald Trump on Thursday announced his first foreign trip as president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican -- the spiritual centers of Islam, Judaism and Catholicism.

Pope Francis attended a service at the All Saints' Church in Rome on Sunday, becoming the first pontiff in history to visit an Anglican church in the Italian capital.

China has said it is committed to combating organ trafficking and transplant tourism.

The Vatican today voiced "concern" over President Donald Trump's executive orders to build a wall on the US-Mexican border and impose a travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Pope Francis urged an end to the fighting in Syria as he gave his Christmas address at the Vatican on Sunday, saying "far too much blood has been spilled" in the conflict.

Francis has previously said that the door to women`s ordination is closed, but proponents of a female priesthood are hoping that a future pope might overturn the decision.