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                    [Title] => Vatican court OKs pope's No. 2 as defense witness
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A Vatican tribunal agreed yesterday to let the defense call some of Pope Francis' top advisers, including his secretary of state, to testify in a trial over leaked documents, as the Holy See sought to quash criticism that the five accused weren't getting a fair trial.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-07 17:00:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1523997 [Title] => Pope Africa plans unchanged, but bodyguard does extra check [Summary] =>

The Vatican says it's going ahead with plans for Pope Francis to visit the conflict-wracked Central African Republic next week, but that his top bodyguard is doing an unusual, last-minute on-site survey early in the week.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-19 10:05:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151120/Pope-Francis-Beatrice-Lorenzin-Vatican.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1510863 [Title] => Pope begs forgiveness for 'scandals' hitting Rome, Vatican [Summary] =>

Pope Francis asked forgiveness Wednesday for recent scandals that have rocked Rome and the Vatican, showing again he doesn't much care about making waves if it's for the sake of reassuring his flock.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-14 07:40:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1510605 [Title] => Vatican seeks to quell talk of letter to pope on family [Summary] =>

The Vatican spokesman on yesterday denounced the leak of a private letter to Pope Francis by conservative cardinals complaining about the way his big family meeting is being run.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-13 12:43:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508844 [Title] => Vatican defends reports of synod after pope's words disputed [Summary] =>

The Vatican press office defended its reporting of a big meeting on family issues Thursday after a dispute arose over what Pope Francis told bishops behind closed doors about his hopes for a free and open debate.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-08 14:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151009/Pope-Francis-Vatican.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508474 [Title] => Vatican: Pope Francis to visit Mexico next year, no date yet [Summary] =>

The Vatican says Pope Francis is planning to visit Mexico next year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-07 18:00:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508123 [Title] => Pope aims to assure conservatives marriage doctrine safe [Summary] =>

Pope Francis sought yesterday to assure conservatives that Catholic doctrine on marriage is safe, as a three-week meeting of bishops began hashing out how the church should welcome gays, divorcees and other Catholics in "irregular" unions.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-06 18:03:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1507040 [Title] => Vatican fires gay priest on eve of synod [Summary] =>

The Vatican on yesterday fired a monsignor who came out as gay on the eve of a big meeting of the world's bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-03 18:05:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503693 [Title] => Pope's security faces Capitol test after parade incident [Summary] =>

Five-year-old Sophie Cruz made her way through a security fence and was just feet from Pope Francis' popemobile during a short parade around the White House when she hesitated.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-24 08:31:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1502710 [Title] => Pope presses message to Cuba: Be willing to change [Summary] =>

Pope Francis marked the anniversary Monday of the day he decided as a teenager to become a priest by pressing a subtle message to Cubans at a delicate point in their own history: Overcome ideological preconceptions and be willing to change.

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