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Pope refuses bullet-proof vest despite ISIS threats
DAILY MAIL
Pope Francis is refusing to wear a bullet-proof vest for his Christmas address despite warnings by the police that he is an ISIS target.
Pope to allow all priests to forgive abortion during Holy Year
REUTERS
Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, in the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.
Italy investigators say Vatican link in 'al-Qaeda' arrests
BBC NEWS
Suspected extremists being investigated in Italy over links to al-Qaeda may have been planning an attack on the Vatican in 2010, prosecutors say.
Pope backs smacking of children 'if dignity maintained'
BBC NEWS
Pope Francis has backed parents who smack their children, providing the child's "dignity" is maintained.
Consulates and the Vatican in chaos as HSBC tells them to find another bank
Mail Online
Diplomats in London have been thrown into chaos after Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, sacked them as customers and gave them 60 days to move their accounts.