The president of the Vatican Court, Giuseppe Pignatone, is under investigation by the Italian judiciary for allegedly collaborating with the Mafia in the early 1990s.

Urban artist Mauro Pallotta, known for creating graffiti images of Pope Francis on the streets of Rome, has been chosen by the Vatican to design this year's official Lent image.

Pope Francis had a full slate of events Sunday during his day trip to Venice, a trip that tied together a message of unity and fraternity with the artistic patrimony of a city that has been a privileged place of encounter across the centuries.

Just steps from the Vatican, the 3rd International Bioethics Conference—organized by the Jérôme Lejeune International Chair—gathered experts from around the world to explore science, truth, and the ethical challenges of contemporary medicine.

Devotion to St. Joseph is widespread throughout the Catholic Church. Although the Bible says relatively little about him,

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