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• First conviction for abuse on Vatican grounds
• Pope's alleged homophobic statements
• Labor unrest in the Vatican
• Monsignor faces criminal charges 
• Mounting crisis in Catholic-Jewish relations

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• Papabile speculation: inappropriate or essential?
• Pope’s Corsica trip: part of a bigger plan?
• Vatican staff rejects political interview
• Jubilee 2025: an LGBTQ+ pilgrimage?
• Peru scandal: reporting to the Pope

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• Are Christians safe in Syria after Assad regime’s fall?
• Peru scandal: problems for Vatican’s sovereignty?
• Pope skips out on Notre Dame’s reopening: a snub?
• Vatican’s Nativity set sparks questions from Israel

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• US Bishops vs. Trump on deportations
• Pope’s Turkey visit: a geopolitical agenda?
• Vatican on mysticism: what is ‘spiritual abuse’?
• Vatican confirms secret file on ‘Vatican Girl’ case

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• Outrage as Pope asks for ‘sacrifice’ in money crisis
• Pope blasted: annulling SCV excommunication? 
• Vatican hospital in crisis: will recovery plan be enough?
• Why does the Vatican owe a debt to Lucifer? 

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• Controversial priest defrocked a second time
• Priest disputes Pope Francis' legitimacy: laicized
• Women’s branch of SCV also entrenched in abuse?
• Vatican’s Christmas tree stokes eco-protest
• Conman busted for impersonating Vatican prelate

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• Trump wins: what does this mean for the Church?

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• ‘Trial of the Century’: verdict motivations revealed
• Pope’s reform targets Cardinals
• Cardinal raises warning on beatification of Belgian king
• Vatican investigator receives criminal complaint

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• Synod ends: why it wasn’t what many expected

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• Vatican employees protesting. Why?
• Synod: global South tells West to buzz off 
• Synod pushing for legal changes to Church structures?
• Cardinal purposely skipping Synod meetings?
• Pope releasing own autobiography, a historic first?

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• Are Jewish-Catholic relations in crisis?
• What is the Synod’s agenda?
• Abuse destroys Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
• What did the Pope and Zelenskyy talk about?

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• The 21 new cardinals
• Hamas attacks: Vatican still neutral one year later?
• ‘No’ to women deacons at Synod
• Outrage: Belgian Prime Minister lashes out at Pope
• Liberal or conservative: who is Pope Francis?

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• Pope on women: sparks college backlash
• Synod of Bishops: an anticlimactic end? 
• Pope approves expulsion of 10 SCV members

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• Pope to face hostility in Belgium?
• Why fixing the Church is so hard
• Scandal hasn’t brought down the Church

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• Pope slams both presidential candidates
• A testament to Pope’s strength shown on Oceania trip
• Pope praises Singapore’s multi-faith approach 
• Islam’s rise in Europe inevitable, says Card. Schönborn
• Self-professed archbishop denounced as fake

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• Pope’s presence in Indonesia riles up radicals
• Pope delivers gifts and spiritual aid to margins
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church lashes out at Pope
• Vatican Bank says ‘no’ to employees marrying?
• Pope to canonize martyrs killed by Islamic extremists

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In this episode:

• Pope’s odyssey in Asia & Oceania
• Bishops differ: regionalism v. strong central govt. 
• Pope v. General: Italy’s immigration debate
• Vatican calling for a ban on ‘killer robots’
• Farewell, Fr. Gerald O’Collins

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In this episode:

• Pope rejects Ukraine’s Orthodox ban
• Pope avoiding ‘Biden moment’ with next trip?
• Ecclesiastical group founder expelled for abuse
• Vatican staff still waiting for Pope’s reply
• Nigeria’s military complicit in Christian persecution? 

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In this episode:

• Did the Holy See loosen its stance on end-of-life?
• Blackouts in Rome: trouble for the Jubilee?
• Audio files revealed in ‘Vatican Girl’ case
• Agenda for Pope’s Asia trip 

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• Cardinal O’Malley replaced by Bishop Richard Henning
• Olympic opening ceremony: Catholic outrage

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• Biden's withdrawal parallels Benedict XVI
• Popes & assassins: historic close calls
• Eucharistic revival for Americans?
• Holy See banning the Latin Mass?

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• Trump assassination attempt: Church weighs in
• Vatican’s doc on Synod of Synodality a letdown?
• Vatican workers beg Pope to face staff issues

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• Vatican declares Archbishop Viganò excommunicated
• Pope worried democracy is failing
• New verdicts in ‘Trial of the Century’?
• Benedict XVI & Francis: a possible penitential pilgrimage?

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• Cardinal O’Malley pushes for Vatican accountability
• Capuchin cardinal reaches milestone at 80
• Vatican demands changes to German Synodal Way
• Pope changes tune on tattoos in the Vatican
• Pattern of abuse within Missionaries of Charity?

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• Archbishop Viganò charged with schism
• Spanish nuns excommunicated after sect claim
• Vatican defends use of Rupnik’s art
• Church/State lines being blurred in Italy?
• Pope shipping Gänswein off to Latvia
• Another big Vatican real estate deal on the table?

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In this episode:

• Pope made homophobic & misogynist remarks?
• Vatican balks at Ukraine using NATO weapons 
• Italy’s PM tells bishops to back off of constitutional reform
• U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See stepping down

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• Pope upstaged at World Children’s Day
• Papal authority rejected by Chinese government
• Vatican tries to address Coptic uproar
• First millennial saint set to be canonized
• Rome’s infrastructure ready for Jubilee 2025?

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• War of words heats up between Vatican & Israel
• Peace rally sees Pope back in full force
• Vatican rules on supernatural apparitions
• False mysticism legal impediment in Rupnik case
• Controversial Chinese bishop to speak at Vatican conference

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• EU vs. Trump - will the Vatican get their way?
• Israel objects to ‘genocide’ statement at Vatican event
• Jokes and protests at papal event
• Female forces head to head in Vatican lawsuit

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• Leading papal candidate targeted by government
• 6 ‘swing states’ to shape Church’s global future?
• Horror and hope in youth prison scandal
• Another criminal arrest at Pope’s address

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• Pope visits women’s prison for first 2024 trip
• Francis resurrects papal title Benedict XVI renounced
• Cardinal Parolin slams EU Parliament on abortion 
• Pope to speak on AI at G7 summit
• 4 bishops withdraw from German Synodal Way

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In this episode:

• Pope’s security breached by US fugitive
• Vatican censorship trial dismissed 
• Vatican agrees with Italy’s new abortion policy?
• Cardinal Becciu to sue Vatican?
• Pope confirms Perlasca as star witness

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• Pope to make Gänswein his envoy? 
• Pope planning lengthy Asia/Oceania trip
• Vatican lodges complaint against nun’s wins 
• Anti-papal sentiment on the rise?
• Cardinal snubbed at Congo airport

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In this episode:

• Pope slams gender theory, surrogacy & sex change
• Pope meets families of Israeli hostages
• Pope removes Cardinal Donatis 
• Pope under fire for interview book
• Pope travels to slums to meet with priests

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• Pope struggles over Easter
• Pope avoids significant topics in Easter address
• Francis sheds light on Benedict XVI’s election
• Gänswein: why is he a thorn in the Pope’s side?
• Pope’s Ukraine comment causes uproar in Italian politics

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In this episode:

• Is the Pope okay?
• Vatican challenges German bishops
• ISIS attack in Russia a risk for Easter?
• Belgian bishop defrocked
• Remembering the Ardeatine massacres 

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In this episode:

• Pope Francis's biography is revealing
• Pope won’t resign like Benedict XVI
• Critics getting under Pope’s skin?
• Conclaves: revisions ahead?
• Pope doubles down on Fiducia Supplicans
• Pope’s abortion stance contradicting?
• ‘Vatican Girl’: Pope renews calls for truth
• Remembrance of Fr. Giuseppe Diana

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• Major backlash following Pope’s Ukraine comment
• Pope bounces back after bronchitis 
• Coptic Church cutting ties with Vatican over gay blessings?
• Pope visits controversial Belgian bishop
• 11 years of Pope Francis

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• Is the Pope bouncing back?
• Anonymous Cardinal attacks Francis papacy
• Is a stay-at-home Pope realistic?
• Pope takes a swipe at gender theory
• Secularism: friend or foe?

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• 2 years of war: can Vatican offer hope? 
• Pope’s latest health scare reason for alarm?
• Rupnik’s accusers criticize Pope’s ‘reformed’ system
• Vatican forced to intervene with German bishops 
• Is Mafia making moves on Italian priests?

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In this episode:

• Pope’s letter to Jews received with silence?
• Historic meeting: Pope and Argentine Pres. Milei
• Remembering a forgotten WWII tragedy
• Vatican target of organized crime?
• Ercolina II makes appearance at Pope’s address

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In this episode:

• Vatican cracks down on liturgical abuse
• Jewish community unhappy with Pope’s letter
• Could the next Pope come from Congo?
• Vatican shirking responsibility for ‘vulnerable adults’?
• ‘Vatican Girl’: brother supplies ‘new’ evidence

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In this episode:

• Did Pope just escalate debates on Fiducia Supplicans?
• Chief Rabbi disappointed by Vatican’s handling of Gaza
• Vatican court’s first conviction for sexual abuse
• ISIS opens fire on Christians in Turkish church

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In this episode:

• African bishops challenge Pope Francis
• Parliamentary inquest into ‘Vatican Girl’
• Pope in the polls: what does America think?
• Pope on resigning and future travels

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• Holy Office approved blessing same-sex unions?
• God and orgasms: a book written by Cardinal Fernandez
• Pope calls for global ban on surrogacy
• Musings on Pope’s trip to Mongolia

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• Cardinal adviser of Pope convicted of financial crime
• Did Israel attack only Catholic parish in Gaza?
• Pope chooses burial site: not the Vatican

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• Pope saving strength for Christmas calendar
• Pope changing conclave rules?
• End of Vatican trial: all eyes on Cardinal Becciu
• Pope to visit Milei's Argentina?
• Michael Voris of Church Militant resigns

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• Bronchitis keeping Pope down
• Pope moves on Cardinal Burke
• German Synodal Way: Pope speaks out
• COP28: is climate change a religious problem?
• NGO scandal: dangerous friends of the Pope

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In this episode:

• Pope has inflammation in his lung
• Impossible to ignore Pope’s growing Jewish problem
• Italian femicide epidemic: where’s the Vatican?
• Pentecostal explosion: African bishops are concerned
• Will Pope’s strength return before COP28?

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In this episode:

• Anti-Pope Milei now President of Argentina
• Masons: Vatican holds ground on ban for Catholics
• Israel-Palestine: Pope to meet victims
• Vatican trial wrap-up: verdict in December? 
• Rumors abound about Pope Francis pontificate

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