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Pope Francis: May inmates on death row in the US be gracedPope Francis asks for prayers for inmates awaiting execution on federal death row in the United States, appealing that their sentences be commuted.Pope Francis on Sunday prayed that the sentences of inmates on death row in the United States be commuted or changed.His prayer during the Angelus address comes as US President Joe Biden has the authority to commute the sentences of people on federal death row before he leaves office in January 2025.“Today, I feel compelled to ask all of you to pray for the inmates on death...

Is the Vatican on the verge of bankruptcy? It appears so. I saw this going viral online so I dug into it (because we actually do our research here, we don’t just rely on Tweets) and what I found was this is accurate: VATICAN BANKRUPTCY?https://t.co/cHpTrpv2Xb pic.twitter.com/9Z5CFz02TP — The Sacred Blue Tent (@SabrinaGal182) December 3, 2024 The AP reports the situation is dire, as admitted by Pope Francis himself: Pope Francis, who has imposed a series of cost-cutting measures across the cash-strapped Vatican, warned Thursday that the city state’s troubled pension fund needs urgent reform to guarantee future obligations. Vatican employees...