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Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI St. Peter’s Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Medichini)

Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope

January 5, 2023
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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With bells tolling, tens of thousands of faithful, political leaders and the pope himself mourned Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by resigning the papacy, at a rare…

Pope Francis leaves after the weekly general audience at the Vatican, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Support your children if they are gay, pope tells parents

January 26, 2022
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support. He spoke in unscripted comments at his weekly audience in reference to difficulties that parents can face in…

The ‘Click to Pray’ app, a smartphone app designed to allow the faithful to pray with a click, is displayed on a mobile phone, in this illustration picture taken in Rome, Italy, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/Illustration

Click to Pray 2.0 – Vatican app gets up close and personal with God

October 20, 2021
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Tuesday rolled out its latest “Click to Pray“ app, offering a personal planner among new functions for what it hopes will be an improved digital “praying experience” in a fast-paced world….

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‘Silence the arms!’ Pope urges end to violence on historic Iraq trip

March 5, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Pope Francis called for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address Friday on the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, long scarred by war and now gripped by…

This photo taken on January 17, 2021 and handout on January 18, 2021 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis gesturing during a weekly live streamed Angelus prayer from the library of the apostolic palace in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)

In historic first, Pope Francis to visit Iraq

March 1, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Pope Francis is to arrive Friday for the first-ever papal visit to conflict-torn Iraq, aiming to encourage the dwindling Christian community to remain in their ancient homeland, and broaden his…

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 8, 2019 shows Pope Francis praying by the Column of the Virgin Mary during the annual feast of the Immaculate Conception at Piazza di Spagna in Rome. – Priests can no longer cite papal secrecy in abuse cases, the Vatican said on December 17, 2019, the latest move by Pope Francis to combat silence surrounding paedophilia in the Roman Catholic church. The Church has been rocked by thousands of reports of sexual abuse around the world by priests. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Pope lifts ‘pontifical secret’ for sex abuse cases

December 18, 2019
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Priests can no longer cite papal secrecy in abuse cases, the Vatican said Tuesday, the latest move by Pope Francis to combat silence surrounding paedophilia in the Roman Catholic church….

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