Pope warns the Vatican pension fund needs reform; employees demand transparency
Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican's troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future ...
Pope says Vatican's pension fund faces 'serious imbalance'
Pope Francis said on Thursday the Vatican's pension fund is facing a "serious imbalance" that may require changes to its ...
Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican
The Vatican had to work out a funeral for a retired pope, and a few months later Francis revealed he was working with the ...
Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican
Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...
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Pope Francis Assigns U.S. Cardinal to Carry Out ‘Urgent’ Overhaul of Vatican Pension Fund
The Irish-born cardinal, who was bishop of Dallas for nine years before his transfer to Rome, has also been chair of the ...
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Pope appoints US cardinal to manage Vatican's troubled pension fund
"We are all fully aware now that urgent structural measures, which can no longer be postponed, are needed to achieve ...
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Pope says Vatican's pension fund faces 'serious imbalance'
VATICAN CITY, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Thursday the Vatican's pension fund is facing a "serious imbalance" that may require changes to its operating structure, and appointed a ...
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Less Pomp, Fewer Coffins. Francis Sets Out to Simplify Papal Funerals
By Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome On Wednesday, the Vatican made public new rules to simplify papal funerals, reflecting Pope Francis’s yearslong commitment to shedding some of the Church’s ...
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Pope warns Vatican pension fund needs urgent reform as employees demand transparency
Pope Francis, who has imposed a series of cost-cutting measures across the cash-strapped Vatican, warned Nov. 21 that the city state's troubled pension fund needs urgent reform to guarantee future ...