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Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments

Cardinals Sarah, Comastri retire from Vatican posts

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignations of 75-year-old Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, and 77-year-old Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and vicar for Vatican City State.

A man receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the atrium of the Paul VI hall at the Vatican in this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo. A variety of sanctions have been issued by the head of the commission governing Vatican City State for citizens, residents and personnel who fail to follow current COVID-19 measures. The sanctions cover employees who refuse vaccination.

Vatican mandates COVID vaccine for employees

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VATICAN CITY -- As a last resort, the Vatican may sanction employees who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine for non-medical reasons, according to a new Vatican decree.

Pope Francis walks from the papal plane as he arrives at an airfield during a 2015 foreign trip.

In Iraq, Pope Francis hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims

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AMMAN, Jordan -- On his historic visit to Iraq in March, Pope Francis hopes to encourage his Christian flock, badly bruised by sectarian conflict and brutal Islamic State attacks, while building further bridges to Muslims by extending fraternal peace.

A visitor wears a mask for protection from the coronavirus while touring the Vatican Museums in this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo.

Vatican Museums reopen to the public

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VATICAN CITY -- As coronavirus restrictions eased slightly in most parts of Italy Feb. 1, the Vatican Museums reopened to the public after a three-month closure.

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Jan. 24, 2021.

Love is clearest sign of faith, Pope says in homily for Christian unity

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ROME — Abiding in God's love means nurturing one's relationship with him and with all those whom God loves, Pope Francis wrote in his homily for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

The courtroom is pictured during the trial of Angelo Caloia, former president of the Institute for Works of Religion, at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2021. Caloia, the former director of the so-called Vatican bank, and his lawyer, Gabriele Liuzzo, were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from the sale of Vatican properties. Both received a prison sentence of 8 years and 11 months and ordered to pay a fine of 12,500 euro ($15,200).

Former Vatican bank president sentenced for embezzlement

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VATICAN CITY -- A former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from property sales.

Homeless people receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the atrium of the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2021. The Vatican said a first group of around 25 homeless people permanently housed in Vatican-owned care and residence facilities received the vaccine.

Vatican begins vaccinating residents of its homeless shelters

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VATICAN CITY -- As the Vatican health service continued vaccinating Vatican residents and employees against COVID-19, it also began offering the vaccine to homeless people who live in Vatican-owned shelters.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu speaks with journalists during a news conference in Rome Sept. 25, 2020, after he was asked by Pope Francis to resign as prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes. The Vatican announced Jan. 18 that it withdrew an arrest and extradition request for Cecilia Marogna, an Italian political analyst, who allegedly was hired as a consultant by Cardinal Becciu, and is now accused of embezzlement.

Vatican revokes arrest warrant against woman linked to finance scandal

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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced that it withdrew an arrest and extradition request for an Italian political analyst, who allegedly was hired as a consultant by Cardinal Angelo Becciu and is now accused of embezzlement.

Australian Cardinal George Pell.

Cardinal Pell: Vatican financial reform making progress

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ROME -- While questions remain about dubious financial dealings in the past and about future uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican's steady move toward financial transparency is on the right track, said Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.

Guzman Carriquiry, the new Uruguayan ambassador to the Holy See, presented his letters of credential to Pope Francis Jan. 9, 2021, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, Pope Francis tells ambassador

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told Uruguay's new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.

The Vatican health service began vaccinating employees, residents and retirees with the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 13, 2021, in a makeshift clinic set up in the atrium of the Vatican audience hall. Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have both been vaccinated.

Popes Francis, Benedict receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

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VATICAN CITY -- Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.

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