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Calling the woman's actions "so violent," 'The Five' co-host Emily Compagno declared that the person who grasped the hand of Pope Francis deserved to be "choked out" by his security guards. "He's not Jesus."

The pontiff was greeting the faithful in the Vatican when a woman made a grab for his hand.

The leader of the Catholic Church spoke about the unconditional love of God and "the greater light of Christ" in his annual Christmas blessing and sermon at St. Peter's Basilica this week.

Vatican official Jodi Bertomeu Farnos wrote there is no link between celibacy or homosexuality with the current rash of child sex abuse cases in the Catholic church.

Gianluigi Nuzzi's new book, Universal Judgment, asserts that the Vatican will default by 2023. The Vatican has denied these claims, despite recent financial scandals.

As arguments about clerical celibacy and women's role in the church drag on, activists took out their anger on two statues of Pachamama, an indigenous symbol of life and fertility depicted as a nude pregnant woman.

"The Two Popes" tells the never-before-told story of Pope Benedict's efforts to groom Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to become Pope Francis.

"In the ossuaries, there shouldn't be any recent bones, so if there are, even if it's not Emanuela Orlandi, it will be a problem for the Vatican."

Pontiff told Mexican TV "Those who build walls end up being prisoners of the walls they build."

The all-female board of Women Church World, which is published alongside the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, gained international attention when it exposed the abuse of nuns by clergy, quit en masse over what it said was a campaign by the Holy See to sabotage the magazine's work.

"I have sent a letter to the king of Spain and another to the pope calling for a full account of the abuses and urging them to apologize to the indigenous peoples," Mexico's president said in a video posted Monday.

After a recent mass, the pontiff could be seen forcefully pulling his hand away each time someone made a move toward the ring that he wears on his right hand.

Cardinal George Pell, a former Vatican treasurer, is the most senior member of the Catholic Church to be convicted of child sex abuse.

The existence of internal guidelines was revealed to a man seeking answers from the church after he found out his biological father was a priest.

Responsible leadership is about making constructive decisions, not destructive, so we can build a new world without destroying the old.

The large sum of money is traditionally donated to a Catholic charity, but the mayor wants to spend it on the city's infrastructure.

Italian media suggest remains could be linked to organized crime, the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II or alleged sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis needs to be honest that the Church does not have a zero tolerance policy on clergy child sex abuse.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano claimed the pope knew about sexual abuse committed by an American cardinal for at least five years.

A former high-ranking Vatican official says that Pope Francis covered up allegations of sexual abuse in the church

The publicity stunt promises "an express lane to eternal salvation for Ireland's lapsed Catholics."

One of the more than 1,000 victims violated by Catholic priests decades ago comes forward to tell her story to Newsweek.

Paolo Glaentzer, 70, said "the devil tripped me" into abusing the girl.

Capital punishment is "an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person," according to the church's new ruling.

Consecrated virgins have existed since the founding of the Catholic Church.

Researchers say there is no truth to claims that the artifact covered the body of Jesus Christ.

A prosecutor for the case said Capella "knowingly and willingly" acquired "huge quantities" of child pornography.

But the Vatican warned against the over-commercialization of sport and a "winning at all costs" mentality.

The Vatican has warned against social media and downloading news.

The dinner happened at a Rome restaurant that charged $240 per person.