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A woman prays at the closed doors of London's Westminster Cathedral in early April during the COVID-19 pandemic. During a recent online meeting, Msgr. Janusz Urbanczyk, the Holy See's representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said anti-religious bias was evident during the lockdown.

Vatican official says anti-religious bias was evident during lockdown

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VIENNA -- As people spent more time online during the coronavirus lockdown, negative remarks and even the incitement of hatred based on national, cultural or religious identity increased, a Vatican representative said.

Visitors tour the Vatican Museums in this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo. The Vatican Museums will reopen June 1, almost three months after being closed as part of a lockdown to prevent spread of the coronavirus.

Vatican Museums, archive, library prepare to reopen

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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Museums, Vatican Apostolic Archives and Vatican Library will reopen June 1, almost three months after being closed as part of the lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Pope Francis is pictured with Enzo Bianchi, founder and former prior of the ecumenical Monastery of Bose, at the Vatican in this Jan. 12, 2019, file photo. Following an apostolic visitation of the northern Italian monastery, the Vatican has ordered Bianchi and three other members to leave the community.

Vatican orders Italian founder of ecumenical community to leave

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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has ordered Enzo Bianchi, the 77-year-old founder and former prior of the ecumenical Monastery of Bose, to leave the community following an apostolic visitation to clarify leadership within the group.

May 27, 2020
A nun walks in St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience virtually in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 27, 2020.

Prayer is powerful, life-giving, Pope Francis says

VATICAN CITY -- Prayer is powerful not because it changes God or God's plans, but because it changes individuals and communities, one heart at a time, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification. Father McGivney is pictured in an undated portrait.

Pope Francis clears way for beatification of Knights of Columbus founder

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification.

Pope Francis prays at a replica of the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens in this 2013 file photo. Pope Francis will pray there May 30, the eve of Pentecost, leading the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis to lead world shrines in rosary prayer for pandemic

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

May 26, 2020
Pope Francis waves as he looks out on St. Peter's Square after leading the "Regina Coeli" from his library in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 24, 2020. It was the first time the public was allowed in the square given the ongoing easing of restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis blesses visitors on feast of Ascension

VATICAN CITY -- St. Peter's Square was open to the public May 24, the feast of the Ascension, and scores of visitors turned up for Pope Francis' noonday prayer and blessing.

Water flows down the Trient Glacier in Trient, Switzerland, Aug. 26, 2019.

Pope marks anniversary of 'Laudato Si'' with call to prayer, action

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VATICAN CITY -- Commemorating the fifth anniversary of his encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis called on Christians to join in prayer and acts of care for the Earth and for the poor.

Year-long program created for encyclical

Year-long program created for encyclical

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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced that it will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment with a year-long series of initiatives dedicated to the safeguarding and care for the Earth.

A worker disinfects before Mass at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Campitelli May 18, 2020. The Pontifical Council for Culture at the Vatican distributed guidelines May 20 for cleaning and protecting church objects during the coronavirus pandemic.

Vatican distributes notes on cleaning, protecting church objects

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VATICAN CITY -- To help prevent damaging artistic and historically significant objects, the Pontifical Council for Culture released suggestions for cleaning and disinfecting church buildings, furnishings and sacred objects.

May 18, 2020
Pope Francis prays silently during Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica May 18, 2020, the 100th anniversary of the late pope's birth.

St. John Paul was a good shepherd, Pope Francis says on saint's birthday

VATICAN CITY -- St. John Paul II was a man of deep prayer, who loved being close to people and loved God's justice and mercy, Pope Francis said.

Pope John Paul II gestures to the crowd during World Youth Day in Denver in 1993. Msgr. Slawomir Oder, postulator for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, said he and the commission involved in investigating the life of the late pope for sainthood found no evidence the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals.

Investigators: No evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse

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ROME -- The postulator and the commission involved in investigating the life of Pope John Paul II for sainthood cause found no evidence that the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals, the postulator said.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, pictured in a 2013 file photo.

Pope Benedict: St. John Paul's life marked by mercy, not moral rigidity

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VATICAN CITY -- The continuity between St. John Paul II and Pope Francis is rooted in the message of God's divine mercy for all men and women, retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a letter commemorating his predecessor's birth.

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