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Pope John Paul II walks down a gravel path in an undated photo by Vatican photographer Arturo Mari. The Polish pontiff will be canonized April 27 with Blessed John XXIII.

Vatican, Rome gear up for canonizations of John XXIII, John Paul II

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VATICAN CITY - Just over five weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome hotels are reporting they are almost fully booked and the Vatican has confirmed the Mass will take place in St. Peter's Square, despite knowing that hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony on large video screens.

Jean Vanier

Before meeting Pope, Vanier talks about joy, tenderness, acceptance

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VATICAN CITY - On the eve of meeting Pope Francis, Jean Vanier spoke about the importance of joy, tenderness and practical resistance to the "throwaway" culture.

A illustration by Sandro Botticelli of the infernal abyss from Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" is part of the manuscript collection of the Vatican Library. The Vatican announced March 20 that a Japanese information technology corporation would be makin g a major contribution to its ongoing digitalization process, with the goal of digitally archiving all 41 million pages in the library's manuscript collection and making them accessible online.

Thousands of rare Vatican manuscripts to go online

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VATICAN CITY - Thousands of rare manuscripts until now accessible only to scholars at the Vatican will go online over the next four years, thanks to help from a Japanese information technology company.

Blessed Marie de l'Incarnation, known as the Mother of the Canadian Church, is one of three pioneers of the Catholic Church in the Americas that will be canonized on April 2, according to a Jesuit working on the cause.

Pope Francis to proclaim Canadian church pioneers saints in April

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VATICAN CITY - Without a canonization ceremony, Pope Francis will declare three pioneers of the Catholic Church in the Americas saints April 2, according to a Jesuit working on the causes.

Russell Crowe meets Pope Francis but leaves without a Noah endorsement

Russell Crowe meets Pope Francis but leaves without a Noah endorsement

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VATICAN CITY - Russell Crowe, who plays the title character in the new Hollywood blockbuster Noah, lobbied hard for a personal audience with Pope Francis. What he got March 19 instead was a blessing.

Mob threats aside, Pope Francis will pray with victims of organized crime

Mob threats aside, Pope Francis will pray with victims of organized crime

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ROME - The Vatican said March 17 that Pope Francis will preside over a prayer vigil dedicated to victims of mob violence in Italy and their families.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan said March 9 that Pope Francis is asking the Catholic Church to look at the possibility of recognizing civil unions for gay couples, although the Archbishop of New York said that he would be “uncomfortable” if the Church embraced that position.

Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis opened door to gay civil unions debate

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NEW YORK - Cardinal Timothy Dolan said March 9 that Pope Francis is asking the Catholic Church to look at the possibility of recognizing civil unions for gay couples, although the Archbishop of New York said that he would be “uncomfortable” if the Church embraced that position.

Pope Francis appointed an international group of eight cardinals and seven lay experts in the fields of business, management and finance to be the first members of the Vatican's new Council for the Economy, headed by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx.

Pope names cardinals, lay experts to new Council for the Economy

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis appointed an international group of eight cardinals -- including U.S. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston -- and seven lay experts in the fields of business, management and finance to be the first members of the Vatican's new Council for the Economy.

Pope Francis will travel to South Korea from Aug. 14-18 for Asian Youth Day and to preside over the beatification of Korean martyrs.

In South Korea in August, Pope will meet Asian youths, beatify martyrs

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will travel to South Korea in August for Asian Youth Day and to preside over the beatification of a large group of Korean martyrs, the Vatican spokesman said.

Pope Francis criticized for defensive comments on abuse scandal

Pope Francis criticized for defensive comments on abuse scandal

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The Vatican is trying to reassure Catholics and the public that Pope Francis takes the clerical sex abuse crisis seriously in the wake of defensive comments Francis made this week, the first serious bump in the road for a Pope approaching the first anniversary of his election with sky-high approval ratings.

With evidence of her son's alleged miraculous healing boxed and sealed in front of a portrait of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Bonnie Engstrom gives a reading at a 2011 Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Ill. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria, presiden t of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation ,said early March 6 he received word that the seven-member board of medical experts who advise the Vatican Congregation for Saints' Causes has unanimously approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Ar chbishop Sheen.

Vatican medical experts OK reported miracle attributed to archbishop

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PEORIA, Ill. - A seven-member team of medical experts convoked by the Vatican reported there is no natural explanation for the survival of a child delivered stillborn and whose heart did not start beating until 61 minutes after his birth.

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