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Church teaching doesn't change, but church laws can

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a briefcase he uses to carry documentation that would revise an entire section of the church's basic law.

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Vatican revives its ancient patronage of the arts

For centuries, popes sponsored the work of artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael or Bernini, who went on to create some of their masterpieces within the very walls of the Vatican.

Yet over time, the...

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Pope Francis uses recycled ring from era of Paul VI

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There is an update to this blog: Update on Pope Francis' ring.

As his formal signet, Pope Francis will be using a silver and gold ring previously owned by the private secretary of Pope Paul VI, the Vatican confirmed Monday afternoon.

All popes wear a special ring, named the fisherman's ring after Peter's initial job as a fisherman. 

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Cardinals elect Pope Francis, Argentinean Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio

The Roman Catholic church has its first Latin American pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, now to be known as Pope Francis.

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Vatican revives its ancient patronage of the arts

For centuries, popes sponsored the work of artists such as Michelangelo, Raffaello or Bernini, who went on to create some of their masterpieces within the very walls of the Vatican.

Yet over time, the marriage between art and faith grew stale — the Vatican’s culture minister even called it a “divorce” — with the Roman Catholic Church finding itself estranged from the art world it did so...

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Vatican denies pope performed public exorcism

A prayer performed by Pope Francis on a man in a wheelchair was not an exorcism, that Vatican has said.

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