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Pope appeals for end to Korea tensions in first Easter message

August 24, 2021 at 6:48 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, appearing before more than 250,000 people for his first Easter Sunday address, called for world peace, respect for the environment and a diplomatic solution...

Pope leads traditional Good Friday rite at Rome Colosseum

August 24, 2021 at 6:42 a.m.

ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people holding candles turned out at Rome's Colosseum to see Pope Francis mark the first Good Friday of his pontificate with a traditional "Way of...

Argentine Nobel peace laureate Esquivel defends pope

August 24, 2021 at 6:26 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel defended Pope Francis on Thursday against accusations he failed to speak out against repression during the 1976-83 military dictatorship...

Pope, former pope meet in first such encounter in 600 years

August 24, 2021 at 5:56 a.m.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - A reigning pope and a former pope faced each other for the first time in at least 600 years on Saturday when Pope Francis travelled...

Pope, former pope meet in first such encounter in 600 years

August 22, 2019 at 2:03 p.m.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - A reigning pope and a former pope faced each other for the first time in at least 600 years on Saturday when Pope Francis travelled...

Pope urges dialogue with Islam, more help for the poor

August 24, 2021 at 6:24 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the...

Pope Francis wants Church to be poor, and for the poor

August 24, 2021 at 6:05 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, giving his clearest indication yet that he wants a more austere Catholic Church, said on Saturday that it should be poor and remember that...

By-the-book Vatican braces for unscripted papacy

August 24, 2021 at 6:01 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, an age-old institution used to having almost everything done by the book, is bracing for the unscripted papacy. In less than 24 hours after...

New York cardinal offers glimpse of new pope’s style

August 24, 2021 at 5:55 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Shortly after his election on Wednesday night, Pope Francis shunned the papal limousine and rode on the last shuttle bus with other cardinals to go back...

Cardinals head to conclave to elect pope for troubled Church

August 24, 2021 at 5:50 a.m.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals chanted and prayed for divine guidance as they filed towards the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to start a conclave to elect a pope...

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