Holy See abandons extradition request for Italian woman thought to have embezzled €575,000 of church funds

If Cardinal Parolin and Archbishop Gallagher are clear-eyed regarding the terms of their arrangement, so is Cardinal Zen in his estimation of its effect.

Bruni's statement explained that the Dean of the College of Cardinals, His Eminence Giovanni Battista Re, will preside at First Vespers and Te Deum, while the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, will say Mass of New Year's Day, while Pope Francis still plans to lead the Jan 1 recitation of the Angelus from the Library of the Apostolic Palace.

It is not what we expected, and not what most of us want. This year’s Vatican creche has been laughed at and ridiculed for looking like a science fiction story or children’s toys. One figure was often described as looking like Darth Vader, though to me he looks more like a Sontaran from Doctor Who.

The accusation against Bishop Robert Guglielmone came in August 2019, in a lawsuit filed in New York under the state's civil "look back window"

“That is the choice we have to make daily: what do I feel like doing or what is best for me?” the pope said Nov. 22.

The Catholic News Agency reports that an internal investigation is underway to determine how the “like” happened.

Archbishop Gallagher's remarks came in an interview with Crux.