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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…