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Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service

Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service

Rosie Scammell is a British journalist with extensive experience reporting for leading international news organizations. She has been based in Italy since 2012 and covers the Vatican for Religion News Service.

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Pope Francis: A ‘my-way-or-the-highway’ faith is heretical

By Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has called on Catholics to adopt a “healthy realism” in their approach to their faith, and he decried rigid idealists as heretics… read more

Pope to stress broader conception of family

By Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis’ landmark text on the family, scheduled for release on Friday (April 8), is expected to encourage a more open attitude towards the… read more

Pope Francis praises China in latest effort to thaw chilly relations

By Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis’ impassioned praise of China this week is the strongest sign of the pontiff’s ambitious agenda to use his personal and political clout… read more

Francis may become first pope to visit Rome mosque

By Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is studying an invitation to visit the Grand Mosque of Rome — extended to him several days after his first visit to the city’s Great… read more

Pope Francis renews call to welcome refugees while ensuring security

By Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has called on European leaders not to turn their back on refugees and migrants despite the cultural and security challenges associated with the… read more

Pope Francis opens doors to ‘Year of Mercy’ in a time of fear

By Rosie Scammell / Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis launched the Jubilee Year of Mercy on Tuesday (Dec. 8) with the opening of the Vatican Holy Door near the end of a Mass in St. Peter's Square where … read more
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