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                    [ArticleID] => 1406998
                    [Title] => Pope Francis in ‘Reader’s Digest’
                    [Summary] => 

Pope Francis, the celebrated leader of the Catholic Church, is also considered the Bishop of Rome and the absolute sovereign of the Vatican City State. As a cardinal for 12 years in Argentina, he rarely joined social events and gave interviews — until something happened on the evening of his election on March 13, 2013 that changed his life.

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Pope Francis is raffling off dozens of gifts he's been given during his short papacy, including a new Fiat 4x4, some bikes and a fancy coffee maker, with the proceeds going to charity.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-19 09:17:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1310256 [Title] => Vatican bank gets pope's blessing to keep going [Summary] =>

Pope Francis gave his backing yesterday to the scandal-tainted Vatican Bank to carry on provided it presses ahead with efforts to bring its banking practices up to international standards.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-08 06:03:51 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1324294 [AuthorName] => Frances D'Emilio [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1285143 [Title] => Vatican bank admits widows fell victim to glitch [Summary] =>

Dozens and perhaps hundreds of widows and Vatican pensioners recently came in for a rude surprise: The Vatican bank told them they had to close their accounts or risk losing access to their money — all in the name of Pope Francis' reform efforts, The Associated Press has learned.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-31 06:04:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/21/io3z.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 961947 [Title] => Vatican posts surplus but donations drop [Summary] =>

The Vatican posted a 2.2 million euro ($2.85 million) budget surplus for 2012, an improvement from the previous year and some good news as it struggles to cope with a scandal involving its embattled bank.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-05 07:00:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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