Welcome to this week’s episode of Vaticano Updates, where we bring you the most important news from Pope Francis and the Vatican. In this episode, we cover the top 5 news stories, including Pope Francis’ dedication to spiritual exercises during the first full week of Lent, the centralization of Vatican finances, the necessity of Vatican trials due to the conduct of some church members, the Pontifical Academy for Life’s evaluation of the ethics of emerging technologies, and the approval of a miracle paving the way for the beatification of Elisabetta Martinez.

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