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Vatican: Bones found at cemetery do not belong to missing woman

The Vatican press office said that the results of a morphological analysis of bones and bone fragments found at an ossuary in a Vatican cemetery concluded that none belonged to Emanuela Orlandi, a young Italian woman who has been missing for more than 30 years.

7/29/19

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | Catholic News Service

Gender ideology is opposed to faith, reason, Vatican office says

Catholic schools must help parents teach young people that biological sex and gender are naturally fixed at birth and part of God's plan for creation, said the Congregation for Catholic Education.

6/10/19

Catholic News Service

'Positio' for Fr. Flanagan's cause presented to Vatican

The sainthood cause of Father Edward J. Flanagan took a step forward July 22 with the presentation of the "positio" to the Vatican Congregation for Saints' Causes, along with a letter of support from Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas.

7/24/19

By Catholic News Service
Spanish Cardinal Llaurens helped edit catechism

Spanish Cardinal Jose Estepa Llaurens, a former military bishop of Spain, died July 21 in Madrid. He was 93.More

7/22/19

By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Curator of meteorites ‘finds God in all things’

Jesuit Brother Robert Macke finds his work as the curator of meteorites for the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo near Rome — formally founded in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII — allows him to, as the Jesuit saying goes, "find God in all things."More

7/17/19

By JAMES RAMOS | Catholic News Service

Vatican City State to end sale of single-use plastics

After current supplies run out, Vatican City State will no longer be selling any single-use plastic items on its tiny territory.More

7/16/19

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Italian Cardinal Paolo Sardi dies

Italian Cardinal Paolo Sardi, a former official in the Vatican Secretariat of State, died in Rome July 13 at the age of 84.More

7/15/19

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Vatican discovers empty tombs in search for missing woman

Opening the Vatican tombs of a princess and a duchess July 11 in a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, the Vatican found no human remains at all.More

7/11/19

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Vatican to open tombs looking for missing woman

The Vatican City State tribunal has ordered the opening of two tombs in a small Vatican cemetery at the request of the family of Emanuela Orlandi, a young woman who disappeared in 1983.More

7/2/19

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Give your lives for your flocks, pope tells archbishops

Blessing bands of wool that archbishops will wear around their shoulders, Pope Francis said, "It is a sign that the shepherds do not live for themselves but for the sheep." More

7/1/19

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope chooses theme for World Meeting of Families 2021

Christian family life is a vocation and, when lived with fidelity, it is a path to holiness, said the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. More

5/20/19

Catholic News Service

Cardinal turns on the lights and raises ire of Italian politician

The cardinal, who distributes charity on behalf of Pope Francis, went at 10 p.m. May 11 to a state-owned building in Rome where more than 430 people -- including more than 100 children -- have set up house.More

5/14/19

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

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