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The Vatican

  1. religion
    Badass Pope Briefly Endorses Giving People the FingerA weird Thursday-morning tweet from the pontiff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. Vatican Treasurer Testifies Over Sexual AbuseHe is the highest-ranking church official to ever testify on the subject. 
    By Samuel Lieberman
  3. Pope Francis Frees Himself From Confines of Bulletproof Popemobile“At my age, I don’t have much to lose.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  4. crimes and misdemeanors
    Pope Benedict’s Blessing Doesn’t Hold Much Sway in Brooklyn Court No, a letter from Pope Francis wouldn’t have been more effective.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  5. the vatican
    With Canonization of Two Popes, Sainthood Becomes Less MiraculousPope Francis lowered the requirements.
    By Steve Fishman
  6. meeting of the popes
    Catholics Get Double Helpings of Popes, Saints at Vatican Mass For the first time ever.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  7. the most important people in the world
    Pope Francis Took a Palm Sunday SelfieOf course he did.
    By Delia Paunescu
  8. the most important people in the world
    Watch President Obama Meet Pope Francis for the First TimeJust two powerful guys, taking pictures and talking business.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  9. the vatican
    Pope Francis Fires Spendy German BishopThe press likes to call Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst “The Bishop of Bling.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  10. drugs
    14 Cocaine-Filled Condoms Seized En Route to the VaticanIt probably wasn’t for Pope Francis.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  11. the birds
    Evil-Seeming Birds Attack Pope Francis’s Peaceful DovesSeems like a sign of something bad.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. international intrigue
    The Vatican Finally Got Around to Criminalizing Sexual Violence, Child PornAbout time.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. the vatican
    The Vatican Went Hog WildRelatively.
    By Delia Paunescu
  14. the vatican
    Pope Francis Appoints Vatican Reform Board One without any legislative power, but it’s a start.
    By John Surico
  15. joetorious
    Joe Biden Flew All the Way to the Vatican for ThisThe handshake in GIF form.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  16. habemus papam!
    White Smoke! New Pope Picked at Vatican Conclave [Updated]Here we go.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  17. papal economics
    The Vatican’s Financial Empire, in ChartsWhat kind of business will the chosen pontiff oversee?
    By Kevin Roose
  18. papacy
    Papal Conclave Cheat Sheet: How to Pick a Pope, by the NumbersThe fun starts now.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. the vatican
    Vatican Denies Gay Blackmail RumorsApparently it’s all just “gossip.”
    By Andre Tartar
  20. scandal
    Gay Vatican Blackmail Might Have Pushed the Pope OutAccording to an Italian paper.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. the vatican
    Fox News Correspondent to Fix the Vatican’s Communication IssuesPossibly while stoking conspiracy theories.
    By Caroline Bankoff