Pope Francis
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Pope Francis, on a three-day visit to Hungary, will meet Ukrainian and other refugees on Saturday as many struggle under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's policies.On his arrival Friday, the 86-year-old Argentine in his first speech to Orban...
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Pope Francis celebrated Holy Thursday this year by washing the feet of 12 young inmates in a juvenile detention center in Rome, including a Muslim from Senegal, as well as young people from Romania, Russia and Croatia.In Christianity, this ritual com...
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From his reforms to his foreign relations, criticism of Pope Francis has intensified since the death of his predecessor Benedict XVI, revealing a climate of "civil war" at a time when the Catholic Church is engaged in a global conversation about its...
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By AFPPope Francis appealed Sunday to the people of South Sudan to lay down their "weapons of hatred" at an open-air mass on the final day of his pilgrimage to a country blighted by violence and poverty.Large crowds of ecstatic worshippers streamed i...
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Pope Francismade repeated appeals for peace during his landmark trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, but there was no let-up in fighting in the east.Putting an end to violence was a dominant theme of the pontiff's visit to Africa's lar...
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By AFPA huge crowd of singing and dancing worshippers turned out to attend a papal mass in DR Congo's capital Wednesday, on the second day of Pope Francis's visit to the conflict-torn country.Many tens of thousands of people flocked to the tarmac of...
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By AFPPope Francis embarked on his fifth visit to Africa on Tuesday, where he will first visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the countries, both wracked by decades of stubborn conflict.Thousands of well-w...
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By AFPPope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan next week, delivering a message of peace and reconciliation to two sub-Saharan African nations plagued by conflict.The 86-year-old pontiff is flying to the Congolese capit...
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By AFPPope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square, an event unprecedented in modern times.Red-clad cardinals, dignitaries and thousands of priests and nuns fr...
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By AFPThousands of Catholics paid their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.They began queueing before dawn to view the German theologian's...
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By AFPThousands of people are set to gather Sunday in St Peter's Square to hear Pope Francis deliver his Christmas Day message, where he is expected to offer prayers for war-torn Ukraine.The head of the Catholic Church will address the faithful from...
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By AFPPope Francis revealed for the first time in an interview Sunday that he had signed a resignation letter nearly a decade ago should poor health prevent him from carrying out his duties.Francis -- who turned 86 on Saturday -- has said in the past...
