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Pope Francis draws over a million pilgrims to vigil in Portugal
An estimated 1.5 million young people filled a field Saturday in the Portuguese capital for Pope Francis’ World Youth Day…
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Pope vows to keep ‘stirring things up’ in Church as Portugal visit begins
In his first speech, to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and diplomats at a cultural centre, Francis said the world…
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Pope Francis heads to Portugal for World Youth Day as church grapples with sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis plans to head to Portugal on Wednesday to open the first post-pandemic edition of World Youth Day, hoping…
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Vatican and Vietnam agree on first post-war resident papal representative
The Vatican and Vietnam have agreed to have a Resident Papal Representative in Hanoi, they said on Thursday (Jul 27),…
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Pope tells transgender person: ‘God loves us as we are’
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has told a young transgender person that “God loves us as we are”, his latest outreach…
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Asia
Pope visit to Mongolia will thrill tiny Catholic community, cardinal says
VATICAN CITY: The head of one of the world’s smallest national Catholic communities – Mongolia with 1,450 members – said…
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Recovering pope will go to Mongolia, Vatican confirms
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will travel to Mongolia at the end of August, the Vatican confirmed on Thursday (Jul 6),…
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Pope to leave hospital ‘in the next few days’: Vatican
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, who has been recovering from abdominal surgery in a Rome hospital, will be discharged “in the next…
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Surgery on Pope Francis was successful, doctors say he can travel
Pope Francis has two trips planned for this summer and Alfieri said he saw no medical reason why the pope would…
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Europe
Zelensky says he thanked pope for support over Ukraine ‘tragedy’ – France 24
Issued on: 13/05/2023 – 15:49Modified: 13/05/2023 – 16:24 01:39 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had thanked Pope Francis during…
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