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Claire Giangravé

Claire Giangravé is the Religion News Service Vatican correspondent.

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Vatican convenes astrophysicists to discuss black holes, quantum theory

Renowned physicists, including two Nobel Prize winners, will gather at the Vatican Observatory near Rome next week to ponder the unresolved mysteries of the cosmos and to honor the legacy of George...
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Pope Francis apologizes for using homophobic slurs while saying 'no' to gay priests

During a closed-door meeting with 200 Italian bishops last week, Pope Francis allegedly used derogatory terms to describe gay people during debates about whether the Italian church should allow gay...
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New Vatican document condemns gender theory, surrogacy

In a new document on human dignity issued Monday, the Vatican’s department that guides Catholic doctrine reinforced the church’s opposition to abortion, surrogacy, gender theory, and any attempt to...
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Nuns alleging abuse by former Jesuit Marko Rupnik plead with Francis for investigation

Ex-nuns who say they suffered abuse at the Loyola religious community co-founded by former Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik asked Pope Francis during an emotional news conference Wednesday to investigate...
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Francis calls relations with China 'respectful' after Mongolia trip

Pope Francis praised the openness of the Chinese people and stated Russian culture must not be canceled because of politics during a news conference on Monday where he railed on the dangers of impe...
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Liturgy for Benedict’s funeral mass highlights unity in a divided church

Under a foggy gray sky on January 5, a historic funeral in St....
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at 95

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who will be remembered for being the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to resign in 600 year...
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Ex-Vatican auditor sues, threatens to expose financial mismanagement

Former Vatican financial auditor Libero Milone filed suit on November 4 against the Vatican Secretariat of State, demanding th...
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Vatican extends, defends secret deal with China on making bishops

A controversial deal between the Vatican and the Chinese government on the appointment of bishops was extended on Saturday, ac...
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Adviser to Pope Francis calls resignation rumors ‘cheap soap opera’

In an interview published June 8, Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Mara­diaga dismissed rumors circulating in the media that the pope might resign as nothing more than “a cheap soap opera.”...

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Vatican rises to Benedict XVI’s defense after Munich abuse report

After a damaging report on clergy sexual abuse in the archdiocese headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican on January 26 defended the emeritus pope, advis...
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In Rome and at the Vatican, Biden receives warm welcome

In Rome and at the Vatican, President Joe Biden found a safe haven from the debates taking place back home, where some US bishops argue Catholic politicians should not be allowed to receive communi...
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On historic Iraqi trip, Pope Francis courts criticism, inspires hope

Pope Francis became the first Roman pontiff to visit Iraq when he embarked on his March 5–8 apostolic visit....
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Plans for new Tolkien center draw praise, concerns 
about proselytization 

Fantasy novel enthusiasts want to turn the Oxford house of J. R. R....
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New documentary on slain Guatemalan bishop debuts on HBO

A new HBO documentary on the legacy of Guatemalan Catholic bishop Juan Gerardi, who was murdered in the aftermath of the country’s long civil war, highlights the role of Catholic clergy in the figh...
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Cardinal George Pell released from prison, assault charges dropped

Cardinal George Pell, who was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted in late 2018 of the sexual assault of an underage choirboy in the late 1990s, was re­leased April 7 in Australia...

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