Paris 2024
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News
5/9/2024 5:53:10 PM
The Olympic torch relay began in Marseille on Thursday with the port city's football legend Basile Boli taking the flame in front of the iconic basilica of Notre-Dame de la Garde before passing it on to a number of other celebrity sports stars including Ukrainian gymnast Mariia Vysochanska.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/8/2024 6:33:06 PM
In the biblical city of Nazareth, the basilica is empty, restaurants and shops that usually thrive on Christian pilgrims are closed, and many hotels have been shut for months.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/24/2023 10:23:57 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace as he kicked off Christmas celebrations with a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica as the Israeli war raged in the Gaza Strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/27/2023 9:05:05 PM
Amid the latest bloodshed in the Middle East, Pope Francis led special Friday evening prayers in St. Peter’s Basilica for a world “in a dark hour” and in “great danger” from what he described as the folly of war.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/5/2023 9:12:00 AM
Granite columns from the Al-Ashmunein Basilica in Minya have been reinstalled in their original locations.
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World
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Region
4/8/2023 11:18:53 PM
Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ailing pontiff to skip Good Friday's nighttime procession at the Colosseum.
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World
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Africa
3/13/2023 11:35:54 AM
The gleaming white basilica that overlooks Yamoussoukro symbolises the ambitions of a modern capital of Ivory Coast, a goal that still feels out of reach 40 years since being carved out of the tropical countryside.
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World
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International
1/8/2023 12:26:01 PM
The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica.
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World
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International
1/1/2023 6:57:04 PM
There was no tolling of the bells of St. Peter's Basilica, no solemn announcement by a Vatican monsignor to the faithful in the square. A fisherman's ring did not get smashed and the diplomatic corps were not mobilized to send official delegations to Rome.
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World
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Africa
7/3/2022 2:14:07 PM
Pope Francis greeted members of the Congolese community in Rome, borrowing words from their native languages Sunday to wish them peace and joy during an especially vibrant ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica.
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World
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International
7/14/2021 6:32:54 PM
Francis, 84, stopped at St. Mary Major Basilica to give thanks for the success of the operation and pray for others before returning home, the Vatican said
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
2/11/2021 11:05:00 AM
Cairenes are demanding greater involvement in the decision-making of development projects that touch their daily lives
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Heritage
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Walks
2/7/2021 10:50:31 PM
The bridge is set to pass right in front of the Basilica church in Heliopolis, a Type A heritage site where building anything that blocks the view is prohibited
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World
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International
12/25/2020 5:52:50 PM
Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, celebrated Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica before fewer than 200 masked faithful, mostly employees of the tiny Vatican state
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World
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International
11/28/2020 7:51:00 PM
Under the soaring dome of St Peter's Basilica, the new "princes of the Church" knelt one by one at the feet of the 83-year-old pontiff, who placed the quadrangular scarlet cap, or biretta, on their heads
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World
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International
10/29/2020 3:20:16 PM
'I am appalled to hear the news from Nice this morning of a barbaric attack at the Notre-Dame Basilica,' Johnson said on Twitter in both English and French
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World
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International
10/20/2020 7:16:27 PM
Pope Francis had come under some criticism, particularly on social media, for not wearing a mask at his general audiences and sometimes coming in relatively close contact with visitors
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World
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International
11/13/2019 8:34:36 PM
Venice's mayor Luigi Brugnaro declared on Wednesday a state of emergency as the city faced its worst flooding in more than 50 years
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World
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International
8/15/2018 4:44:00 PM
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World
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International
5/20/2018 5:07:53 PM
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