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On Friday, Francis said both candidates’ policies are “against life”. (File) Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights. Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore,…
Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday (September 8, 2024) as he travelled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, bringing with him a ton of medicine and toys and a message of love overcoming violence for the people who live there. The Pope flew aboard a Royal Australian Air…
Pope Francis waves as he is farewelled at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Indonesia arrested seven people for making “terror threats” online against Pope Francis during his visit to the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country this week, police said on Friday (September 6, 2024). The 87-year-old pontiff…
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Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar kisses Pope Francis following an interreligious meeting with religious leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: via Reuters Pope Francis joined the grand imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque in pledging to work together to fight religiously inspired violence and protect the environment on…
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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