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3/1/2021 10:01:16 AM
The March 5-8 trip will be Francis' first outside Italy since November 2019, when he visited Thailand and Japan
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2/28/2021 2:36:43 PM
Pope Francis is due to hold prayers for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa as part of a four-day trip starting on March 5, a visit described as highly symbolic and a message of hope
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2/18/2021 5:16:06 PM
The document, which cites a 2011 Vatican law, also concerns job applicants, saying the Holy See may not hire them if they refuse to be vaccinated.
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2/7/2021 2:47:55 PM
Pope Francis at his Sunday address expressed his "solidarity with the people" of Myanmar following the coup there last week and asked the leaders to serve the common good.
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2/7/2021 10:16:32 AM
Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart is one of the two new undersecretaries named Saturday to the synod, where she has been a consultant since 2019
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Egypt
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2/4/2021 7:56:37 PM
The Vatican's Pope Francis and Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb celebrated virtually the first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity
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1/28/2021 4:06:29 PM
Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, said it would be a 'private visit' between the two religious figures at Sistani's residence in the shrine city of Najaf, 'without formalities.'
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1/20/2021 8:36:48 PM
Pope Francis urged Biden to promote 'reconciliation and peace'
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1/20/2021 5:00:07 PM
The first group was made up of about 25 individuals, and others will follow in coming days, said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
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1/14/2021 3:03:56 PM
The 84-year-old pope and the 93-year-old former pope, got their jabs as part of a Vatican vaccination program that began on Wednesday
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1/11/2021 10:11:56 AM
While the president does not have the power to keep Italia Viva from quitting the coalition, he can exercise moral suasion and his views on political matters are often fed to the local media
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1/10/2021 3:56:12 PM
Pope Francis urged Americans on Sunday to shun violence, seek reconciliation and "protect democratic values" following the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol building by supporters of President Trump that left five people dead.
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12/31/2020 4:04:14 PM
Pope Francis is skipping New Year’s ceremonies due to what the Vatican says is a painful back condition, a spokesman said Thursday
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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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12/25/2020 3:31:57 PM
And 'on this day... let us turn our gaze to the many, all too many, children worldwide, especially in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, who still pay the high price of war,' he added
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12/24/2020 4:42:30 PM
'I am deeply troubled to see the suffering and anguish that has sapped the native resilience and resourcefulness of the Land of the Cedars,' Francis said
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Egypt
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12/22/2020 2:23:13 PM
The UN’s decision comes in commemoration of the signing of the Human Fraternity Document on 4 February, 2019 by Egypt's Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb and the Vatican's Pope Francis
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12/7/2020 2:12:14 PM
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10/21/2020 9:13:00 PM
'You can't kick someone out of a family, nor make their life miserable for this. What we have to have is a civil union law; that way they are legally covered'
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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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