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12 stolen icons returned to Greece from UK amid uptick in theft of sacred art

12 stolen icons returned to Greece from UK amid uptick in theft of sacred art

12 stolen icons returned to Greece from UK amid uptick in theft of sacred art

German abbess charged with 'aiding and abetting illegal residents'

German abbess charged with 'aiding and abetting illegal residents'

German abbess charged with “aiding and abetting illegal residents”: “To give concrete help to a person in need can’t be a crime”

Holy See 'indignant' over discrepancy between 25 million victims of human trafficking and 12,000 prosecuted for crime

Holy See 'indignant' over discrepancy between 25 million victims of human trafficking and 12,000 prosecuted for crime

Holy See “indignant” over discrepancy between 25 million victims of human trafficking and 12,000 prosecuted worldwide for crime

Cardinals accuse multinationals of 'systematically' prioritising self-interest 'to the detriment of our human family and common home'

Cardinals accuse multinationals of 'systematically' prioritising self-interest 'to the detriment of our human family and common home'

Cardinals accuse multinationals of “systematically” prioritising self-interest “to the detriment of our human family and common home”

110 bishops call on States to enforce corporate accountability

110 bishops call on States to enforce corporate accountability

110 bishops call on States to enforce corporate accountability: “Irresponsible companies are complicit in violence and suffering”

Irish bishop voices 'awful sadness' at loss of policeman murdered 'so randomly and horrendously'

Irish bishop voices 'awful sadness' at loss of policeman murdered 'so randomly and horrendously'

Irish bishop voices “awful sadness” at loss of policeman murdered “so randomly and horrendously”

Spanish Jesuits stress need for 'truth, justice and forgiveness' in Madrid trial over 1989 massacre of colleagues in El Salvador

Spanish Jesuits stress need for 'truth, justice and forgiveness' in Madrid trial over 1989 massacre of colleagues in El Salvador

Spanish Jesuits stress need for “truth, justice and forgiveness” in Madrid trial over 1989 massacre of colleagues in El Salvador

Vatican names new director, deputy for fight against money laundering, tax evasion

Vatican names new director, deputy for fight against money laundering, tax evasion

Vatican names new director, deputy for fight against money laundering, tax evasion

Francis reforms Vatican judicial system to make it more efficient, independent

Francis reforms Vatican judicial system to make it more efficient, independent

Francis reforms Vatican judicial system to make it more efficient, independent

Vatican corruption - police search home, office of curial official as Cardinal Becciu again denies wrongdoing

Vatican corruption - police search home, office of curial official as Cardinal Becciu again denies wrongdoing

Vatican corruption: police search home, office of curial official as Cardinal Becciu again denies wrongdoing

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets 'dangerous precedent'

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets 'dangerous precedent'

Jesuit Refugee Service warns European Court ruling on Spain migrant pushbacks sets “dangerous precedent”

Church in Poland can't shake abuse negligence shadow

Church in Poland can't shake abuse negligence shadow

Church in Poland can’t shake abuse negligence shadow despite damage control on alleged pedophile bishop

Polish bishop accused of sex abuse of girl (stock)

Polish bishop accused of sex abuse of girl (stock)

Vatican investigating serving Polish bishop for alleged abuse of 15-year-old girl

Italian police patrol St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Italian police patrol St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

World financial intelligence network readmits Vatican after corruption raid

Investigators at the scene in Drumcondra where the missing teenager's body was found

Investigators at the scene in Drumcondra where the missing teenager's body was found

“Disgusting and beyond belief”: Armagh auxiliary deplores murder of teen, pleads for end to gang “cycle of violence”

Polish Bishops' President Stanislaw Gadecki insults abuse victims

Polish Bishops' President Stanislaw Gadecki insults abuse victims

Polish Bishops’ President covered up for, re-employed pedophile suspended from priesthood

Vatican pointman on sex abuse, Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna

Vatican pointman on sex abuse, Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna

Malta archbishop repeats call for “truth, justice and accountability” in case of murdered investigative journalist

A crucifix (stock)

A crucifix (stock)

Inside the Roman church community trying to cure pedophile priests

A priest celebrating the Eucharist (illustrative)

A priest celebrating the Eucharist (illustrative)

Murdered French priest abused father, son: “He shattered a whole family”

Interior of the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica

Interior of the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica

Professor, real estate insider take down conservative Catholic “Dan Brown” reporting on Vatican financial “scandals”

Abolish the priesthood (illustrative)

Abolish the priesthood (illustrative)

Canon lawyer: case of German bishop charged with embezzling could accelerate power debate in Church

Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany), Johannes Bündgens

Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen (Germany), Johannes Bündgens

German bishop charged with embezzling from elderly woman

The façade of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

The façade of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Vatican invested millions in donations in everything from “lifestyle products” to the Elton John biopic: report

The Bishops of Malta and Gozo, Mario Grech (l), Charles J. Scicluna and Joseph Galea-Curmi

The Bishops of Malta and Gozo, Mario Grech (l), Charles J. Scicluna and Joseph Galea-Curmi

Malta Bishops plead for “unity, truth and justice” in midst of political, social crisis

Cardinal Angelo Becciu

Cardinal Angelo Becciu

Vatican cardinal Becciu says EWTN’s Catholic News Agency admitted to ‘fake news’ on corruption scandals

Maltese PM Joseph Muscat with Pope Francis

Maltese PM Joseph Muscat with Pope Francis

Maltese ask nuncio not to let lame duck PM meet with Pope

Pope Francis in Wednesday's General Audience

Pope Francis in Wednesday's General Audience

Francis slams “hypocrisy” of “talking peace and selling war”

Pope Francis on his return flight from Japan

Pope Francis on his return flight from Japan

Pope insists Vatican financial reforms “working” despite corruption investigation

Vatican cardinal Angelo Becciu

Vatican cardinal Angelo Becciu

Vatican Cardinal Becciu “shocked” by “shameful”, “misleading” reports pinning him for financial wrongdoing

Headquarters of the IOR, the 'Vatican Bank'

Headquarters of the IOR, the 'Vatican Bank'

Here’s how the Pope can clean up the Vatican financial mess