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Oct 3, 20242 min read
Pope Francis warns Vatican summit against pet agendas, defends reforms
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened a global Catholic summit on Wednesday with a warning that delegates should not seek to foist pet...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Pope Francis, in Belgium, pressed on sexual abuse, women priests
BRUSSELS - Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Pope Francis tells wealthy Luxembourg to help developing countries
LUXEMBOURG - Pope Francis on Thursday called on leaders in Luxembourg - a small nation with a thriving economy and the highest density of...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Pope Francis, back from flu, calls airstrikes on Lebanon 'unacceptable'
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called Israeli strikes on Lebanon a "terrible escalation" of the Middle East conflict on Wednesday at the end...
Sep 24, 20241 min read
Pope will press on with Belgium, Luxembourg trip despite flu, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will press ahead with plans to travel to Luxembourg and Belgium later this week, despite cancelling his...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-Pope Francis has long history of health problems
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis cancelled his appointments on Monday because of what the Vatican described as light flu symptoms. Below are...
Sep 5, 20243 min read
Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour
JAKARTA - Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first...
Sep 2, 20242 min read
Factbox-The climate threats on Pope Francis' Asia-Pacific itinerary
Climate change will be high on the agenda as Pope Francis embarks on his longest ever foreign trip on Monday, visiting Indonesia, Papua...
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Pope's weekly audience disrupted by animal rights activists
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis's weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday was briefly interrupted by two women from an animal...
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Pope decries populists, warns democracy is in bad health
TRIESTE, Italy - Pope Francis denounced populist politics and what he called "the dross of ideology" on Sunday, warning that democracy...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Pope Francis warns against legalising drugs, denounces drug traffickers
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis spoke out on Wednesday against the legalisation of drugs and denounced drug traffickers as "assassins",...
Jun 14, 20242 min read
It's OK to joke about God but don't offend, Pope tells comedians
VATICAN CITY - It's OK to make fun of God as long as the joke is not offensive, Pope Francis said on Friday in a special audience with...
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