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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (left) is welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns to the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)

Pope Emeritus Benedict emerges to defend his record on abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff after he bestowed the Pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, to 35 Archbishops, during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, June 29, 2013. (Associated Press)

Pope warns church leaders: Avoid seeking power, thinking in ‘worldly terms’

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Vatican’s communications site runs Batman story

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The princes of the Roman Catholic Church, including Cardinals Roger Mahony (left) and Timothy Dolan (third from left) of the United States, arrive for a meeting at the Vatican on Monday, March 11, 2013. The cardinals gathered for their final day of talks before the conclave to elect the next pope amid debate over whether the church needs a manager pope to clean up the Vatican's messy bureaucracy or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful and make Catholicism relevant again. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Cardinals count down to conclave with final talks

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinals Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man (second from left) of Vietnam and Cardinal Giuseppe Betori (second from right) of Italy are escorted to a meeting of fellow prelates at the Vatican on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Cardinal Man was the last of the 115 voting-age cardinals to arrive in Rome for the pre-conclave meetings. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cardinals briefed on Catholic Church finances, but no conclave date set yet

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** FILE ** Monsignor Stephen Rossetti (right), a psychologist who for a decade ran a U.S. treatment center for abusive priests, listens Feb. 8, 2012, to Monsignor Charles Scicluna during a press conference in Rome. Monsignor Scicluna spoke on the sidelines of a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse that is designed to help bishops craft guidelines to protect children and keep pedophiles out of the priesthood. (Associated Press)

Vatican sex crimes prosecutor heads to Malta

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by his private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein (top left), and his butler, Paolo Gabriele, arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for a general audience on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s butler convicted in leaks, given 18 months

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

** FILE ** Paolo Gabriele, the pope's butler, was arrested after Vatican investigators discovered papal documents in his Vatican City apartment. (Associated Press)

Pope’s ex-butler goes on trial for leaked papers

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Paolo Gabriele

Former butler goes on trial in leaking of pope’s personal papers

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

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