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Vatican City: Pope Francis decried the state of democracy and warned against “populists” during a short visit to Trieste in Italy’s northeast on Sunday ahead of a 12-day trip to Asia — the longest of his papacy. “Democracy is not in good health in the world today,” Francis said during a speech at the city’s…
Pope Francis. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pope Francis will preside over an interfaith meeting in a mosque in the world’s largest predominantly Muslim country during a four-nation Asian visit in September that will be the longest and most complicated foreign trip of his pontificate. The Vatican on Friday released the itinerary for the…
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Pope Francis speaks during a working session on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Energy, Africa-Mediterranean, on day two of the 50th G7 summit at Borgo Egnazia, southern Italy, on June 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis called on June 14 for a ban on “lethal autonomous weapons”, when he addressed the G7 leaders’ summit in…
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File picture of Pope Francis | Photo Credit: Reuters The alleged incident is said to have happened on May 20, when the Italian Bishops Conference opened a four-day assembly with a non-public meeting with the pontiff Pope Francis used a derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian…
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The Vatican did not respond to a request for comment. (File) Vatican City: Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media reported on Monday. La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera,…
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This photo taken and handout on March 31, 2024 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis during the Easter ‘Urbi et Orbi’ message and blessing to the City and the World from the central loggia of St Peter’s basilica in The Vatican. | Photo Credit: AFP Pope Francis urged the world to resist “the logic…
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The Vatican had confirmed earlier in the day that he would attend. Vatican City: Pope Francis took part in the Easter Vigil service at the Vatican on Saturday, a day after the last-minute cancellation of his presence at a major Good Friday procession revived questions about his health. The 87-year-old pontiff arrived to…
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Vatican City, Holy See: Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome on Thursday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter. The Argentinian Jesuit visited the Rebibbia women’s prison in the northeastern outskirts of the Italian capital, where he performed the same rite in…
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Pope Francis smiles as he waves faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on March 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis on March 20 repeated his call for negotiations to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza, after remarks about “raising the white flag” sparked…
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Maradona scored the goal in Argentina’s 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England Vatican City: Pope Francis, at 87 increasingly weak and wobbly, takes a trip down memory lane and speaks of his hopes for the Roman Catholic Church’s future in a new book reflecting on his life and its intersection with major world events. “Life…
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