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    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      OutlookAmy Kazmin
      Doctrinal battles and intrigue exposed in Gorgeous George’s Vatican memoir

      The book is part of the increasingly public campaign by clerical conservatives to undermine Pope Francis

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Pope Francis presides over funeral for ‘taboo-breaking’ predecessor

      Late Pope Benedict’s resignation set new precedent for future heads of the Catholic Church

    • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
      Catholic Church
      Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95

      First pontiff in 600 years to resign from his post became a focal point for conservatives in his retirement

      Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an open-air mass in a field near Regensburg 12 September 2006.
    • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
      ObituaryReligion
      Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, 1927 - 2022

      German-born theologian became first pontiff to abdicate since the Middle Ages

    • Monday, 14 October, 2019
      Vatican City
      Vatican police investigate Holy See’s bet on Chelsea property project

      Chelsea development generated large profits for investment fund of UK-based financier

      Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an immensely influential, unifying figure in both the Anglican and Catholic churches. Francis presided over Mass on Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square to declare Newman and four women saints. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
    • Friday, 23 March, 2018
      ObituarySexual misconduct allegations
      Keith O’Brien, Catholic cardinal in Scotland, 1938-2018

      A hardline cleric accused of hypocrisy and sexual misconduct

      Leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland Cardinal Keith O'Brien leaves after his Easter Sunday homily at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland April 4, 2010. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: RELIGION PROFILE) - LM1E644159001
    • Thursday, 21 April, 2016
      World
      Vatican suspends PwC audit of its finances

      Delay is a blow to Pope Francis’s financial reform agenda

      Australian Cardinal George Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy of the Holy See, attends a press conference on March 31, 2014 in Vatican. Cardinal George Pell and Italian writer Francesco Lozupone presented the book "Co-responsability and transparency in the administration of church property". AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP / ANDREAS SOLARO
    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2016
      James Politi
      The Pope’s popular magic does not work on everyone

      The pontiff’s calls for tolerance and dialogue are mostly going unheeded, writes James Politi

      TOPSHOT - In this handout picture released by the Vatican Press Office, Pope Francis poses for a selfie with a migrant during his visit at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center near Rome on March 24, 2016. Pope Francis washed the feet of 11 young asylum seekers and a worker at their reception centre to highlight the need for the international community to provide shelter to refugees. Several of the asylum seekers, one holding a baby in her arms, were reduced to tears as the 79-year-old pontiff kneeled before them, pouring water over their feet, drying them with a towel and bending to kiss them. / AFP PHOTO / STR / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS STR/AFP/Getty Images
    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
      World
      Vatican urged to ‘deliver results’ on anti money-laundering
    • Friday, 6 November, 2015
      World
      Sainthood price-tag leaks stir Vatican fury

      Books spark fresh scandal and reveal scale of pope’s clean-up challenge

      Pope Francis prays during his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on November 4, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTOVINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 24 September, 2015
      News in-depthFT Data
      Datawatch: papal approval ratings
    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2015
      World
      Pope faces shrinking flock on US visit
    • Saturday, 19 September, 2015
      US presidential election
      Pope urges US and Cuba to ‘persevere’ in detente
      File picture shows Pope Francis meeting Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican...Pope Francis (R) meets Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican, in this May 10, 2015 file photo. Baptized as Roman Catholics and educated by Jesuits, Fidel and Raul Castro turned against the Church by declaring Cuba an atheist state, chasing out priests and shutting down religious schools after seizing power in a 1959 revolution. In their old age, however, they have brought the Church in from the cold and are gracious and experienced hosts for regular papal visits. When Pope Francis lands in Cuba on September 19, 2015, he will be the third pontiff in a row to visit the Communist-run island. REUTERS/Gregorio Borgia/Pool/Files
    • Thursday, 16 July, 2015
      Global Economy
      Reformer tries to bring light to closed world of Vatican finance

      Cardinal Pell tells of resistance in quest to restore probity at Pope’s bank

      Cardinal George Pell attends a press conference at the Vatican Radio headquarters, in Rome, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The Vatican finance minister has said he hopes to avoid financial scandal with the upcoming Jubilee year, saying the plans will be subject to new Vatican procedures to ensure they follow international standards for transparency and accountability. Cardinal George Pell outlined the Vatican's financial reform during a conference Tuesday to launch a book on better managing church assets, a priority for Pope Francis after years of financial scandal and mismanagement at the Holy See. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
    • Friday, 17 April, 2015
      The FT ViewFrench politics
      A diplomatic test for the Vatican on gay rights

      Reputation of Pope Francis will be harmed if French envoy is blocked

    • Thursday, 16 April, 2015
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Vatican ends investigation into American nuns

      Sisters had been accused of falling under the sway of radical feminism

      Pope Francis meets members of Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) during a private audience in the pontiff's studio at the Vatican April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. NO COMMERCIAL USE.
    • Tuesday, 25 November, 2014
      The World blogTony Barber
      The Pope’s trenchant words for EU
    • Monday, 7 July, 2014
      European companies
      Pope cuts scandal-prone Vatican bank down to size
      Pope Francis leaves at the end of a mass after he presented palliums to archbishops in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2014. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)
    • Tuesday, 1 July, 2014
      Banks
      Vatican bank chairman to step down
      St Peter's Basilica As Vatican Bank Commits to Fight Money Laundering
    • Monday, 2 June, 2014
      Business blogAndrew Hill
      Abdication: for kings and corporate dynasts, it’s all about timing
    • Monday, 2 June, 2014
      FT AlphavilleJoseph Cotterill
      Crown contagion
    • Sunday, 27 April, 2014
      World
      Pope Francis raises to sainthood two popular predecessors

      Benedict XVI, who resigned in February 2013, also attended rite

      Pope Francis kisses the relic of Pope John Paul II during a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican
    • Friday, 25 April, 2014
      World
      rowds flock to witness Pope Francis make saints at the doubleFrancis hopes to close divisions with sainthood for two popes
      Pilgrims enter St Peter's square to attend the canonisation mass of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II at the Vatican on April 27, 2014.  Catholics from around the world gathered in Rome on Sunday for a mass presided by Pope Francis to confer sainthood on John Paul II and John XXIII -- two influential popes who helped shape 20th century history.   AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO
    • Friday, 18 April, 2014
      Robin Lane Fox
      How St Peter’s is given the Dutch touch with its Easter flowers

      Growers and arrangers from the Netherlands have become indispensable to the world’s most-watched Easter event

      Pope Francis at last year’s Easter Mass in St Peter’s Square
    • Thursday, 27 March, 2014
      FT Photo DiaryWorld
      Obama arriving at The Vatican
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