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Former top Vatican official calls for resignation of pope over abuse crisis

In a detailed 11-page bombshell statement given to conservative Roman Catholic media outlets during the Pope’s visit to Ireland, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano accused a long list of current and past Vatican and US Church officials of covering up the case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who resigned last month in disgrace.

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In Chile, Pope Francis defends bishop in sex abuse scandal

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A man exhibits on his chest photos of Pope Francis to sell outside St. Jose Cathedral ahead of the papal visit in Temuco, Chile, Jan. 14, 2018.

As the pope arrives in Chile, Chileans question their allegiance to the church

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President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, delivers remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017.

World leaders react to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement

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In June 2011, protesters painted a Soviet soldier memorial to look like western comic and folk heroes.

Russia demands that Bulgaria treat Soviet memorials with a little respect

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Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives to lead an audience with the family members of victims of the mafia at the San Gregorio VII church in Rome. A woman shows a picture of her son with the words, "Where is my son?"

When the pope denounces the mafia, there’s a reason it is news

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Pope Francis condemned the mafia last week and warned mobsters that they’re going to hell unless they stop their evil ways. Here’s why that came as a surprise to those who know the Vatican’s history.Pope Francis condemned the mafia last week and warned mobsters that they’re going to hell unless they stop their evil ways. Here’s why that came as a surprise to those who know the Vatican’s history.

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A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris

Six years ago, derivatives trader Jerome Kerviel made some bad trades — very bad trades that cost his bank nearly $7 billion. Now he faces prison and perhaps paying it back. So he’s decided to take a long walk, from Rome to Paris.

Jerome Kerviel

A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris

Six years ago, derivatives trader Jerome Kerviel made some bad trades — very bad trades that cost his bank nearly $7 billion. Now he faces prison and perhaps paying it back. So he’s decided to take a long walk, from Rome to Paris.

Need a primer on how we got into the crisis in Crimea?

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Russia’s conga line through Crimea has left many of us scratching our heads. The online site Mashable offers nine basic questions, and answers. That story, plus a look at an Indian grocery store’s social media marketing plan gone wrong and the music inspiring Venezuela’s protesters.Russia’s conga line through Crimea has left many of us scratching our heads. The online site Mashable offers nine basic questions, and answers. That story, plus a look at an Indian grocery store’s social media marketing plan gone wrong and the music inspiring Venezuela’s protesters.

In a new Frontline documentary, director Antony Thomas goes inside the Vatican to reveal secrets of the institution.

A Frontline documentary exposes the Vatican’s ‘secrets’ under Pope Benedict

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Frontline’s new documentary, “Secrets of the Vatican,” uses leaked documents and interviews to expose turmoil, corruption and abuse in the final year of Pope Benedict’s papacy. It’s a legacy that Pope Francis is now trying to overcome.