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From left to right: External view of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. Emanuela Orlandi is pictured in a photo that was distributed after her disappearance in 1983
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Vatican said Monday it has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, months after a new Netflix documentary purported to shed new light on the case.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis met on Monday with Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI who has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Archbishop Georg Gaenswein’s “Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Pope Benedict XVI” is being published this month by the Piemme imprint of Italian publishing giant Mondadori.
pope benedict xvi kneels on a kneeler with a red cover, he is wearing white and a red mantel
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Though he is criticized for the sexual abuse crisis in the church during his papacy, Benedict XVI did more than anyone before him to turn the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse.
Pope Francis, left, embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The only thing certain is that the most important ritual following the death of a pope—a conclave to elect a new one—does not apply.
Three side-by-side blue posters depicting a missing girl
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Parliamentary inquests have been used in the past to dig deeply into unresolved Mafia crimes and terrorist attacks, and can be activated to conduct investigations “on matters of public interest,” according to the Italian Constitution.
Pope Francis is flanked by Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the claims of the women about the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik were true and that they had “seen their lives ruined by the evil suffered and by the complicit silence” of the church.
A priest dressed in black priest's garments assists the pope, wearing white papal robes
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Jesuits asked for new evidence against the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik, and offered a timeline about his case in an effort to tamp down the scandal.
FaithNews Analysis
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The case of prominent Jesuit artist Marco Rupnik has exposed two main weaknesses in the Holy See’s abuse policies: sexual and spiritual misconduct against adult women is rarely if ever punished, and secrecy still reigns supreme.
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Jesuit superior general admitted that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him.