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German author says retired Pope Benedict is 'extremely frail'

VATICAN CITY — An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is "extremely frail."
Pope Francis appoints new personal secretary

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis appointed an official from the Vatican Secretariat of State as his new personal secretary on Saturday.

The Holy See press office said Aug. 1 that 41-year-old Father Fabio Salerno would succeed Msgr. Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, who had served in the role since April 2014.
U.S. data group: China hacked computers of Vatican, other church entities

China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organizations in May.
Caritas warns of rise in human trafficking amid pandemic

VATICAN CITY — As governments and world leaders struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, they must also work harder to protect victims of human trafficking, said the Vatican-based international network of Catholic charities.
Cardinal Kasper defends Vatican instruction on parishes

ROME — Cardinal Walter Kasper has defended a new Vatican instruction on parishes after it was criticized by several German bishops.
Show grandparents, the elderly that you care, pope tells young people

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own.
Vatican criticizes lack of prosecutions for human trafficking

ROME — The dignity and rights of trafficking victims require the international community to do more to prosecute and bring down traffickers, a representative of the Holy See said this week.
Vatican says Pope Francis did not intervene in Franco exhumation in Spain

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican stated Tuesday that Pope Francis did not intervene in last year’s controversy over the exhumation of the body of Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen in Spain.
WATCH: Pope 'saddened' by Turkish court ruling to turn Hagia Sophia into mosque

Pope Francis said he was saddened after a Turkish court ruled to revert the iconic Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque.
On front lines during pandemic, seafarers need prayers, Vatican says

Pope Francis sent special greetings to the 2 million seafarers around the world as part of marking Sea Sunday July 12.
Pope Francis: ‘If we want, we can become good soil’

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Catholics Sunday to reflect on whether they are receptive to the Word of God. “If we want, we can become good soil, plowed and carefully cultivated, to help ripen the seed of the Word.
Pope Francis advances cause of teen who died of bone cancer

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtues of a 14-year-old Italian boy who died in 1963. The pope advanced the cause of Angiolino Bonetta, along with four others, following a July 10 meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital

VATICAN CITY — After more than a year of preliminary studies and three difficult operations, a medical team at the Vatican-owned pediatric hospital successfully separated conjoined twin girls.
WATCH: At Angelus, pope backs U.N. resolution calling for global cease-fire

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis praised the United Nations' adoption of a global cease-fire resolution amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world.
Archives reveal abuse allegations against Schonstatt founder

VATICAN CITY — Documents uncovered from the recently opened archives of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII revealed allegations of sexual abuse and abuse of power against the founder of the Schonstatt movement, Father Joseph Kentenich.
Vatican appeals for debt relief for developing countries at United Nations

ROME — The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva is urging countries to help relieve the “crippling external debt burdens” of developing countries struggling in the coronavirus pandemic.
Vatican financial watchdog hails ‘rising trend’ in reports to Promoter of Justice

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s financial watchdog authority reported Friday that it received 64 suspicious activity reports in 2019, 15 of which it forwarded to the Promoter of Justice for possible prosecution.
Vatican's top diplomat meets about Mideast with U.S., Israeli ambassadors

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with the U.S. and Israeli ambassadors to the Vatican to express concern that "possible unilateral actions" on their part would further jeopardize peace in the region.
Benedict XVI’s brother Georg Ratzinger has died

ROME — Benedict XVI’s older brother Georg Ratzinger died Wednesday, just a little more than one week after the pope emeritus' visit.
U.S. Catholic media must inspire unity amid division, pope says

VATICAN CITY — Catholic media outlets in the United States are called to break down barriers that prevent dialogue and honest communication between people and communities, Pope Francis said.

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