Frances D'emilio

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Pope Francis waves to faithful from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's square during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope laments a ‘tired’ Europe; decries joblessness

Frances D'emilio · June 15, 2014 6:19 pm

Congolese children are welcomed by their Italian adoptive relatives as they disembark after landing from Kinshasa, at Ciampino's military airport, on the outskirts of Rome, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The children ran excitedly into their parents' arms after an overnight flight from Congo. Italy had worked since late last year to allow them to reach Italy. Congo had suspended all international adoptions citing fears some adopted children might later have been trafficked. None of the allegations involved adoptions by Italians. The parents were forced to leave Congo without their children after their visas expired. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Italy flies adopted Congolese to waiting parents

Frances D'emilio · May 28, 2014 2:17 pm

At least 14 migrants dead in sea north of Libya

Frances D'emilio · May 12, 2014 7:51 pm

FILE -- This file photo taken on June 21, 1963, shows Pope Paul VI portrayed after his election, with white Pontifical robe and pectoral cross. Pope Francis has approved a miracle credited to the intercession of Paul VI and set the date for the late pontiff's beatification for Oct. 19, the Vatican said Saturday. Francis had authorized the beatification, the last formal step before possible sainthood, a day earlier, the Vatican said. Paul VI, who reigned as pontiff from 1963-1978, made landmark progress in improving Catholics' relationship with other Christians. His papacy is also remembered by his decision, after years of study, to ban contraception for Catholics, in a 1968 encyclical, "Humanae Vitae" ("of human life"). (AP Photo/Luigi Felici)

Pope OKs miracle for Paul VI in sainthood process

Frances D'emilio · May 10, 2014 1:27 pm

From left, EU Joint Research Centre's director general Dominique Ristori, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Germany's Economy and Energy Minister and deputy chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, France's Ecology and Energy Minister Segolene Royal, Italy's Economic Development Minister Federica Guidi, Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey, U.S. Secretary for Energy Ernest Moniz and Canada's Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford pose for a photo on the occasion of the G7 meeting for Energy in Rome, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Europe seeks to reduce need for Russian energy

Frances D'emilio · May 6, 2014 4:15 pm

Ex-No. 2 at Vatican defends spacious apartment

Frances D'emilio · April 30, 2014 6:26 pm

Priests sing and dance in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Pilgrims and faithful are gathering in Rome to attend Sunday's ceremony at the Vatican where Pope Francis will elevate in a solemn ceremony John XXIII and John Paul II to sainthood. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Benedict to join in double sainthood ceremony

Frances D'emilio · April 26, 2014 9:22 pm

A picture of late Pope John Paul II is displayed inside St. Sprit in Sassia church during a mass in Rome, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Hundred thousands of pilgrims and faithful are expected to reach Rome to attend the scheduled April 27 ceremony at the Vatican in which Pope Francis will elevate in a solemn ceremony John XXIII and John Paul II to sainthood. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A look at deeds and words of John Paul II

Frances D'emilio · April 24, 2014 5:49 pm

A detail of the bullet drilled and bloodstained undershirt worn by Pope John Paul II during the assassination attempt on May, 13, 1981, kept at the Daughters of Charity, in Rome, Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Bloodied shirt, unwashed fork: JPII relics abound

Frances D'emilio · April 24, 2014 10:26 am

Sister Marisa from the Daughters of Charity closes the altar Thursday, April 10, 2014 where the bloodstained undershirt worn by Pope John Paul II during the assassination attempt on May, 13, 1981 is kept, in Rome. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Crusades fought, eBay bids sought for relics

Frances D'emilio · April 24, 2014 9:30 am

A large crowd is seen in St. Peter's Square from the Bernini colonnade towards Via della Conciliazione avenue, top, during Pope Francis' Easter Mass, at the the Vatican, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Even before Mass began, a crowd of more than 100,000 was overflowing from the cobblestoned square, and many more Romans, tourists and pilgrims were still streaming in for the pontiff's tradition Easter greeting at noon (1000 GMT). At left is the Apostolic Palace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis, huge crowd joyously celebrate Easter

Frances D'emilio · April 20, 2014 2:51 pm

Pope Francis lays prostrate on the floor in prayer before presiding over a Good Friday Passion service, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Stefano Rellandini, Pool)

Pensive pope at Good Friday Colosseum procession

Frances D'emilio · April 18, 2014 9:42 pm