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Just days after search for missing teen seemingly went cold, bones have been found.
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Missing girl case uncovers a new mystery: Empty Vatican tombs
New York Times: One of Italy's most enduring mysteries has taken another strange turn.
Church under fire: How Pell decision could tear the Vatican apart
Battle against the sexual abuse crisis in the Vatican deepens after Pell's guilty verdict.
Organisers of Pope Francis summit to meet with sex abuse survivors
Activists have demanded an end to decades of cover-ups by church leaders.
Vatican official who handled sex abuse cases is accused of sex abuse
The Vatican official has quit two months after being accused of sexual abuse.
Six-year-old interrupts Vatican ceremony - and Pope Francis doesn't mind
The young boy ran on stage during Pope Francis' general audience.
The Pope suggests the Devil is behind sex abuse cover-up scandal
The head of the Catholic church said the Devil "had it in" for bishops.
'We showed no care for the little ones'
No effort to be spared to tackle Catholic Church's abuses, Pope says in letter.
Vatican's 'shame and sorrow'
Statement says Pope on victims' side following report on decades of abuse.
Vatican City still has no policy to fight clergy sex abuse
Pope Francis is addressing sex abuse in the Catholic Church, but not in Vatican City.
Pope compares abortion to Nazi crimes
Pope Francis has denounced abortion in no uncertain terms.
Church weighs sweeping reform
Archbishops refuse to break the seal of confession to reveal child abuse.
Pope confesses he sometimes falls asleep while praying
Pope believes God is happy when he nods off "like a child in the arms of his father".
Vatican diplomat 'uploaded child porn from church'
Carlo Capella allegedly uploaded the child porn to a social networking site at Christmas.
Cardinal Pell faces court, denies sex charges
George Pell plans to plead not guilty to multiple charges of historical sex offences.
Pope will be 'sincere' with Trump
The pope and President Trump will meet at the Vatican later this month.
Stephen Hawking hospitalised in Rome
British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has been hospitalised in Rome for checks after not feeling well but his condition
Watch: Kiwi kids ask Pope to return kidnapped Teddy
A group of children from a South Taranaki primary school are appealing to the Pope to intervene in an international kidnapping case involving a very special bear.
Mother Teresa canonisation celebrated in Auckland
Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be canonised a Catholic saint on Sunday in Rome, but commemorations in Auckland will involve people of many faiths.
Vatican admits failure to tackle abuse
The Vatican's third most senior official admitted that the Roman Catholic Church made "enormous mistakes" in ignoring decades of sexual abuse of children by priests.
Man of God at odds with church
Many gay activists are cheering Charamsa's action, heralding him as a Vatican whistleblower.
Vatican child sex abuse trial closes after six minutes
Jozef Wesolowski, 66, was supposed to appear before a tribunal within the walls of the Vatican to face charges of paying underage boys for sexual acts.
Pope allows homeless man to be buried inside Vatican
Pope Francis has taken his embrace of homeless people a step further by allowing a tramp to be buried inside the Vatican for the first time in the history of the Holy See.
Francis' star status a shock for cardinals
The cardinals who elected Pope Francis 18 months ago had no inkling that he would turn out to be such a "rock star" pontiff, two "princes of the church" have said.
Women call on Pope to end celibacy vow
A group of 26 Italian women who claim to be having affairs with Roman Catholic priests have written a joint letter to the Pope begging him to end the Catholic Church's ban on priests having sex and getting married.
Four Popes, two saints, one billion eyes
It has been dubbed "the day of the four Popes", an unprecedented occasion in the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church.
The People's Pope - His first year
He's dropped an F-bomb, sold his Harley and appeared on Rolling Stone magazine. We look at ten of Pope Francis' notable moments in his first 12 months.
Gallery: The Pope's first year
A selection of images celebrating the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis' election as Bishop of Rome.
Vatican swings into action
The Vatican is forming its own cricket team, which will be called St Peter's Cricket Club.
Crime check on Vatican bank accounts
Investigators in Rome are combing through the 19,000 accounts held by the Vatican's bank in search of money laundering and other crimes.