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Gaucho exhibition at Vatican a tribute to pope's homeland

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Gauchos, the legendary Argentine cowboys from the vast Pampas of Pope Francis's homeland, are being celebrated in a rare exhibition in no less a place than St. Peter's Square.Full story

Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Bank, a center of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said. Full story

Disgraced Cardinal to leave Scotland for penance-Vatican

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of "prayer and penance", the Vatican said on Wednesday. Full story

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  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.

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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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  Vatican intern: ‘Watching history’ is ‘amazing’

Villanova students Sean Hudgins, Lauren Colegrove and Danielle McMonagle had just arrived at the Vatican to begin their two-month internships when Pope Benedict announced he would be stepping down. They talk with TODAY’s Matt Lauer about “watching history unfold.”

  It’s official: Pope Francis installed at the Vatican

The Cycle hosts get the latest from NBC’s Claudio Lavagna in Vatican City on the mood of the installation mass, then talk to Father James Martin about the tone of Pope Francis’ papacy.

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