Tag: Vatican

Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 09:17 UTC
Another 'money-sin' in the Vatican: this time involves a former cardinal's penthouse

The Vatican said it is investigating two former officials over claims money meant for a children’s hospital was used to refurbish a cardinal’s luxury apartment. Costly work at former Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s flat, (seeming to clash with Pope Francis’s recommendations that church officials live as modestly as he), caused a scandal when allegations emerged that the Bambino Gesu Hospital foundation had helped foot the bill.
Friday, January 29th 2016 - 03:54 UTC
Pope Francis receives Macri at the Vatican 27 February

Pope Francis will be receiving President Mauricio Macri on February 27, the first official meeting between both leaders since Macri took office in December. The meeting was confirmed by government sources.
Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 07:24 UTC
Francis non papal message to Macri: 'a simple matter of protocol'

How come the Argentine born pope Francis did not send a congratulation telegram, or formal message to president elect Mauricio Macri on his victory, has been an ongoing question. But Vatican sources pointed out there was no special reason for that attitude, but merely “a simple matter of protocol”.
Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 06:13 UTC
Francis battle to combat Vatican corruption and out of control spending exposed in two books

The scale of the challenge facing Pope Francis as he struggles to overhaul the Vatican’s finances was exposed on Wednesday by the publication of confidential documents and private recordings of his meetings. In effect just months after his election in 2013, Francis demanded a clampdown on uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.
Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 09:07 UTC
Pope warns militants could slip into Europe in the midst of the wave of refugees

Pope Francis has warned against the risk that militants could slip into Europe under cover of a huge wave of refugees fleeing war in Syria but also said the migrant crisis could help reawaken the continent's conscience.
Monday, August 24th 2015 - 08:54 UTC
Pope Francis and the Malvinas

By Jimmy Burns - The snapped moment of encounter projected fast and globally on the world wide web has become as much as a characteristic of the Francis papacy, as his twitter account @pontifex. This is a papacy with a charismatic personality and instinctive communicator at its helm. It is also a papacy advised by media specialists and diplomats that know something about the opportunity offered by the digital age to spread a message with an impact that would have inconceivable just a few years ago.
Thursday, August 20th 2015 - 07:30 UTC
Pope Francis quashes any attempt to foster Falklands/Malvinas dialogue

Pope Francis was sucked into Argentina's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands after an activist thrust a sign in his hands calling for dialogue between the two countries and President Cristina Fernandez jumped on the opportunity to rekindle the fight.
Friday, June 12th 2015 - 05:24 UTC
Pope tells Putin “a sincere and great effort” was needed for peace in Ukraine

Barely a few days after Europe’s most powerful leaders presented a common front on Russian sanctions; President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia landed in Italy and met privately with Pope Francis at the Vatican, his second audience with the pope in the past 18 months.
Thursday, May 21st 2015 - 06:40 UTC
Pope Francis prays for Argentina on the country's National Day

Pope Francis has sent a letter to President Cristina Fernández to mark festivities for May week, during which Argentina commemorates the formation of the First Patriotic Government on 25 May 1810.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:02 UTC
Vatican formally recognizes the State of Palestine and signs first treaty

The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognizes the State of Palestine, with an agreement on Catholic Church activities in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Holy See said on Wednesday.