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The Vatican and the Pentagon have pushed back on a report that suggested a meeting in January between a U.S.-based cardinal and a member of Donald Trump’s administration grew heated. The Pentagon said late Thursday on social media that Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of defence for policy, had a “respectful …

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Over five dozen items belonging to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis are one step closer to returning home. Following three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously …

Darrell Nasogaluak can look at a kayak and know it’s from his region in the western Arctic. “It’s unique to this area and there’s no other area that used them that had the same horn,” he said, pointing to curved tips at the bow and stern of the kayak he’s …

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But the …

The Vatican’s child protection commission criticized senior Catholic leaders in an annual report on Thursday for not moving quickly enough to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and to implement new safeguarding efforts worldwide. For decades, the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church has been shaken by scandals across the world involving …

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of the Pope in more than a month, showing Francis co-celebrating Mass in the hospital chapel. The photograph is taken from behind, and shows Pope Francis wearing a purple stole sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar. Francis has not …

There’s a first time for everything. But the phrase “copious secretions” in an official update from the Vatican on Pope Francis? That level of detail may be surprising even to those who aren’t aware historically how taboo it was considered to openly discuss a pope’s health. As leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, …

Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises on Monday and was put back on non-invasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle with pneumonia, the Vatican said. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs during two bronchoscopies, in which a camera-tipped tube is sent down into …

Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying a setback in his two-week long battle against double pneumonia. The Pope, 88, remained conscious and alert at all times and co-operated with the manoeuvres to …

Pope Francis, who is battling double pneumonia in hospital, had a “tranquil” night and rested, the Vatican said on Sunday. The Vatican later said Francis was conscious, continuing to receive supplemental oxygen and that further clinical tests were being conducted. A more detailed medical update was expected later Sunday. The …