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Italy's Church: Priests can be gay - in secret

Homosexual men are now allowed to train as Catholic priests in Italy - but the opportunity comes with a caveat: They must hide their sexuality. .

Italy's Church: Priests can be gay - in secret

Italy to Host Meeting on Syria

Italy's Foreign Minister is to host a meeting with several Western countries on the development in Syria. The goal is to support "a peaceful, inclusive" change in the country.

Italy to Host Meeting on Syria

First Time a Nun Becomes Catholic Top Leader

Pope Francis has appointed a nun as head of a significant institution within the Vatican. It is the first time a woman has been given such a high post within the Catholic Church.

First Time a Nun Becomes Catholic Top Leader

The Pope: Let the Weapons Fall Silent

Pope Francis urges the entire world's population to let "the weapons fall silent and overcome the divisions" that plague the world – as in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan. From the speech – the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) – it also emerges that the Pope condemns the "extremely serious" humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The Pope: Let the Weapons Fall Silent

The Pope: Stop Gossiping About Each Other - "an Evil"

Pope Francis urges the Vatican's bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of each other and condemns backstabbing and gossiping among his closest colleagues, he says in his annual Christmas speech. .

The Pope: Stop Gossiping About Each Other - "an Evil"

The Pope: The Suicide Bomber Intended to Blow Me Up

Pope Francis has just turned 88 years old. But it was close that he did not become so old, he reveals in his upcoming autobiography.

The Pope: The Suicide Bomber Intended to Blow Me Up

The Pope's Offer to Aung San Suu Kyi

Pope Francis is offering a safe haven in the Vatican State for Myanmar's imprisoned political leader Aung San Suu Kyi. .

The Pope's Offer to Aung San Suu Kyi

The Pope visits Southeast Asia

Pope Francis flies on Monday, September 2, to Indonesia and thereby begins a twelve-day long visit to Southeast Asia. It will be the longest journey and also the one that takes the 87-year-old furthest away from the Vatican State during his time as pope.

The Pope visits Southeast Asia