News Summary: Vatican publishes financial report
ACCOUNTABILITY: The Vatican published the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. Full story
ACCOUNTABILITY: The Vatican published the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. Full story
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's new financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had detected six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money last year, citing this as proof of its commitment to transparency. Full story
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. Full story
Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican's insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. Full story
The Vatican is responding to claims by an Italian television station that footage shows the Pope performing an exorcism. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
An Italian business owner began a second day on the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to protest economic problems in Italy. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
In an unusual development, both popes are now in the Vatican: Pope Francis and the pope emeritus. Benedict had been staying at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
NBC’s Claudio Lavanga talks with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin to talk about Pope Francis’s efforts to confront sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
Seven Marines killed during exercise in Nevada, Installation of Pope Francis at the Vatican and the 135th Easter Egg Roll is set for April 1st.
Villanova students Sean Hudgins, Lauren Colegrove and Danielle McMonagle had just arrived at the Vatican to begin their two-month internships when Pope Benedict announced he would be stepping down. They talk with TODAY’s Matt Lauer about “watching history unfold.”
The Cycle hosts get the latest from NBC’s Claudio Lavagna in Vatican City on the mood of the installation mass, then talk to Father James Martin about the tone of Pope Francis’ papacy.
Rene Bruelhart, director of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority , leaves at the end of a news conference at the Vatican May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Rene Bruelhart, director of the Vatican's Financial Information Authority , smiles as he leaves at the end of a news conference at the Vatican May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi