Nicole Winfield

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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here’s what you need to know

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following...

Pope creates 21 cardinals, many of them reformers in their own right, to carry out his reform plans

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is installing 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis’ recent...

Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs urgent reform as employees demand transparency

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, who has imposed a series of cost-cutting measures across the cash-strapped Vatican, warned Thursday that the city state’s troubled pension fund needs urgent reform to guarantee future...

Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial...

Italy’s president sharply rebukes Elon Musk over comments on X about migration court rulings

ROME (AP) — Italian President Sergio Mattarella sharply rebuked Elon Musk on Wednesday for weighing in on Italian court rulings that have stymied the government’s plans to process some asylum-seekers in Albania.Musk,...

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