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Orban: Pope to meet Hungary PM Viktor Orban, visit to be dominated by Ukraine war
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Orban: Pope to meet Hungary PM Viktor Orban, visit to be dominated by Ukraine war

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis heads to Hungary Friday for a three-day visit likely to be dominated by the war in Ukraine and his meeting with…

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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meeting
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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops’ meeting

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an unprecedented change that reflects his…

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Pope heads to Hungary weeks after hospital stay
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Pope heads to Hungary weeks after hospital stay

VATICAN CITY: Weeks after a health scare, Pope Francis heads to Hungary Friday to meet Ukrainian refugees and nationalist leader Viktor Orban, with whom he…

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Francis: Ukraine, migration, to top agenda as Pope Francis visits Hungary
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Francis: Ukraine, migration, to top agenda as Pope Francis visits Hungary

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis leaves on Friday on a three-day trip to Hungary, where the war in Ukraine, migration and Europe’s Christian roots are expected…

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Francis: Pope Francis plans to visit his native Argentina in 2024, local media reports
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Francis: Pope Francis plans to visit his native Argentina in 2024, local media reports

BUENOS AIRES: Pope Francis, who has not visited his home country Argentina since he left for the Vatican a decade ago, said he planned to…

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French archbishop resigns after parishioners' protests
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French archbishop resigns after parishioners’ protests

STRASBOURG (FRANCE): The archbishop of eastern French city Strasbourg said Thursday he had resigned, after complaints about his management led to the Vatican opening an…

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Pope presents shards from cross of Christ for King Charles' coronation
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Pope presents shards from cross of Christ for King Charles’ coronation

LONDON: Pope Francis has gifted fragments believed to be from the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified to form part of a new processional…

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John Paul: Pope backs John Paul II, slams claims in ‘Vatican girl’ case

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday rejected as offensive and unfounded what he called insinuations by the brother of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing…

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Pope Confirms Plans To Go To Mongolia In September: Pope confirms plans to go to Mongolia in September
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Pope Confirms Plans To Go To Mongolia In September: Pope confirms plans to go to Mongolia in September

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis confirmed on Friday that in September he plans to go to Mongolia, a country that has fewer than 1,500 Catholics but…

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Pope evokes cold-war replay, says leaders should avoid arms
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Pope evokes cold-war replay, says leaders should avoid arms

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis urged world leaders Wednesday to use reason and not arms to resolve differences, evoking memories of the 1960s Cold War between…

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