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Spreading the word that Latin lives, a monk comes to New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Quomodo dicis latine life-jacket?" quipped one of the Latin-speaking passengers on a tour boat circumnavigating Manhattan on a rainy Sunday morning in May, just after the captain's safety announcement. "How do you say life-jacket in Latin?"Full story

Pope, Salvador president, discuss beatification of slain archbishop

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The president of El Salvador met Pope Francis on Thursday to urge his fellow Latin American to put Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980, on the road to Roman Catholic sainthood. Full story

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

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Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website

Disgraced Cardinal to leave Scotland for penance-Vatican

Secretive Vatican bank to publish annual report

Vatican to have pavilion at Venice Biennale modern art exhibit

Pope proclaims first saints, says Christians still persecuted

Three popes in Vatican as Egypt's Coptic leader visits Francis

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  Did Pope perform an exorcism? Vatican responds

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.

  Man climbs dome to protest Italian economy

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.

  Benedict XVI returns to Vatican City

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.

  New pope will confront sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

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.

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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.

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