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Pope Francis bemoans "gay lobby" at Vatican

Report from key Latin American church group quoting pontiff appears to confirm rumors of corruption and dysfunction in Holy See

OnJune 12, 5:01 AM
Pope Francis takes aim at the Mafia

The pontiff exhorted Mafiosi to change their ways after beatifying slain Sicilian priest

OnMay 26, 7:59 AM
Is Pope Francis an exorcist?

The new pope has a fascination with the devil, and some claim he helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed by demons

OnMay 22, 3:52 PM
Pope Francis gives the Catholic Church hundreds of new saints

Pope's first canonization ceremony includes hundreds who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam in the 15th century

OnMay 12, 7:08 AM
Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time since resignation

Pope Francis welcomes Benedict outside his new home on edge of Vatican gardens in private affair unlike his public farewell

OnMay 02, 1:54 PM
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI moving back to Vatican City; Will he hold sway over Pope Francis?

As former pope returns to Vatican City, some are concerned about former pope's influence on current Roman Catholic Church leader

OnMay 02, 8:29 AM
Pope Francis names advisers to revamp Vatican bureaucracy

Pope Francis marks first month as head of Catholic Church with sign that he intends to make changes in how papacy should function

OnApril 13, 8:34 AM
Pope seeks to "act decisively in sex abuse cases"

Francis says Catholic Church's "credibility" is on the line but papal comments leave victims' advocates unimpressed

OnApril 05, 12:41 PM
A kiss from heaven for one disabled child

Family of an 8-year-old boy from Rhode Island with cerebral palsy describe an Easter at the Vatican meeting Pope Francis that they will never forget.

OnApril 04, 7:27 PM /PlayVideo
An American boy's unforgettable moment with the pope

Dominic Gondreau, an eight-year-old with cerebral palsy, was embraced by Pope Francis at St. Peter's Square last Sunday

OnApril 04, 7:19 PM
Pope Francis visits St. Peter's tomb under Vatican

Francis visits tomb of church's first pope, buried beneath St. Peter's Basilica, becoming first pontiff to visit the necropolis

OnApril 01, 4:01 PM
Pope Francis urges peace at first Easter mass

Pope Francis presided over his first Easter mass and called for an end to world conflicts by way of political solutions.

OnApril 01, 7:58 AM /PlayVideo
Archbishop Dolan: Pope Francis "a shot in the arm" for the Catholic Church

Archbishop of New York hails recent installation of new pope, acknowledges that the church must address "internal problems"

OnMarch 31, 9:05 AM
On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis appeals for world peace

An estimated 250,000 packed St. Peter's Square to hear the new pope's first Easter blessing

OnMarch 31, 7:09 AM
Pope presides over trimmed Easter Vigil service

Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service after having reached out to Muslims and women during Holy Week

OnMarch 30, 8:41 PM
Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual

Pope Francis washes feet of dozen inmates at juvenile detention center in Holy Thursday ritual, re-enacting Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples

OnMarch 28, 2:47 PM
Pope Francis brings no-frills style to papacy

New leader of Catholic Church shuns ornate official apartment, favoring, instead, humble cardinal lodgings used during conclave

OnMarch 28, 8:51 AM
Pope Francis' no-frills ways changing papacy

Pope Francis has moved into a hotel instead of living at the grand papal apartment. CBS News' Allen Pizzey takes a look at the growing list of innovations instituted by the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

OnMarch 28, 8:49 AM /PlayVideo
Pope Francis forces Argentine political about-face

Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez has jumped to ally herself with the pope - even as some of her followers continue to criticize him

OnMarch 27, 1:55 PM
Pope Francis makes first peace appeal since taking office

Pontiff calls for end to violence and looting in Central African Republic; first such appeal for peace since his move to Vatican

OnMarch 27, 1:17 PM
Cuba cleric: Pope Francis criticized church at conclave

Havana's Roman Catholic cardinal says Pope Francis made strong criticism of church just hours before he was selected as new pontiff

OnMarch 26, 5:29 PM
New pope celebrates his first Palm Sunday

Thousands of the faithful turned out to see Pope Francis celebrate Mass on Palm Sunday. He urged the people to help and share with the poor. Allan Pizzey reports.

OnMarch 24, 9:11 PM /PlayVideo
Pope Francis opens Catholics' Holy Week

With 250,000 pilgrims at the Vatican for Palm Sunday, the new pope again focuses his ministry on the poor and downtrodden

OnMarch 24, 7:24 AM
Pope Francis meets with Benedict XVI

In a historic moment, newly elected Pope Francis meets with his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

OnMarch 23, 12:46 PM /PlayVideo
Pope Francis to Benedict: "We are brothers"

Historic meeting of new pope, his living predecessor shows current and former leaders of Catholic Church side by side

OnMarch 23, 10:10 AM

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