Pope slams armed conflict, weapons spending
PHILIP PULLELLA POPE Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to
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Pope, using Shakespeare, makes climate change appeal
PHILLIP PULLELLA Pope Francis adapted Shakespeare’s famous Hamlet quote in an appeal to people not to remain blind to the
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Pope, on Palm Sunday, says devil taking advantage of pandemic
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis led Palm Sunday services in an almost empty St. Peter’s Basilica because of coronavirus restrictions for
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Pope orders salary cuts for cardinals, clerics, to save jobs of employees
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis has ordered cardinals to take a 10% pay cut and reduced the salaries of most other
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Fight against COVID-19 mafias – Pope Francis
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis yesterday urged people to fight organised crime groups such as the mafia around the world, warning
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Pope’s desperate plea for peace in Myanmar
MYANMAR’S most powerful Buddhist monks’ association called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority”
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Timeline – Pope Francis’ LGBT+ views, as Vatican opposes same-sex blessings
RACHEL SAVAGE THE Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, disappointing LGBT+ Catholics who had hoped that
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Dismay greets Vatican’s decree on same-sex unions
PHILLIP PULLELLA THE Vatican has decreed that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are not valid, in
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Pope defends Iraqi trip despite COVID-19 risk, says God will provide
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis said that he decided to visit Iraq despite a rise in COVID-19 cases after much prayer
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Peace more powerful than war – Pope Francis
PHILIP PULLELLA and MICHAEL GEORGY POPE Francis heard Muslim and Christian residents in the ruined Iraqi city of Mosul tell
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