http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/VATICAN News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56343960-68/devil-francis-exorcism-exorcist.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56343960-68/devil-francis-exorcism-exorcist.html.csp">The pope and the devil: Did Francis perform an exorcism?</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/AP/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56343960#2013-05-21T13:02:52.237-06:00/MAI/sltrib56343960#2013-05-21T13:02:52.237-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By NICOLE WINFIELD</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Associated Press</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-21T13:02:52.237-06:00">Updated May 21, 2013 01:02PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">VATICAN CITY • Is Pope Francis an exorcist? The question has bubbled up ever since Francis laid his hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair after celebrating Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him. The television station of the Italian bishops’ conference reported Monday that it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed there was “no doubt” that Francis either performed an exorcism or a...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="#license-563439602013-05-21T13:02:52.237-06:00" id="#license-2013-05-21T13:02:52.237-06:00"> Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56343960@www.sltrib.com Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:52 MDT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/56304733-80/population-catholic-europe-growth.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/56304733-80/population-catholic-europe-growth.html.csp">Catholic population surges across the Global South</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56304733#2013-05-13T16:01:03.307-06:00/MAI/sltrib56304733#2013-05-13T16:01:03.307-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By ALESSANDRO SPECIALE</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> Religion News Service</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-13T16:01:03.307-06:00">Updated May 13, 2013 04:01PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Vatican City • Gains in Asia and Africa are making up for losses in Europe among the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, according to Vatican statistics released Monday, signaling a shift of the church’s center of gravity toward the Global South that was heralded by the election of the first Latin American pope. Figures published in the 2013 Statistical Yearbook of the Church also show that while the number of priests in the Americas and in Europe is declining compared to the overall Catholic populat...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56304733@www.sltrib.com Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:03 MDT