Christianity
Pope to skip Sunday Mass but will make regular noon address – Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will skip a Mass on Sunday that he had been scheduled to say before...
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Venezuela’s Maduro calls Vatican letter a ‘compendium of hatred’
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday called a letter sent by the Vatican's foreign minister to local...
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Pope’s September trip schedule shows no post-surgery slowdown
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) - Pope Francis will deliver more than 10 addresses and visit five cities in four days...
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With increasing defiance, Cuban churches urge government to listen, not repress
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's churches have defended those who participated in unprecedented protests and even set up...
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Vatican criminal trial to shed light on failed Carige bank takeover
By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) - The thwarted takeover of a troubled Italian bank in 2018 will come into focus...
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Learn to switch off, says pope in first appearance at Vatican after hospital stay
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis made his first public appearance since returning to the Vatican mid-week after an 11-day hospital...
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Pope Francis calls for peace, dialogue in Cuba
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Sunday for peace and dialogue in Cuba after unprecedented, nationwide protests rocked...
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Pope Francis renews curbs on Latin Mass in rebuff to conservatives
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday overturned decisions by his two predecessors and re-imposed restrictions on the...
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Prosecutor seeks sentences in Vatican youth seminary sex abuse trial
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A prosecutor on Thursday asked a Vatican court to sentence a man who...
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Pope Francis returns to Vatican for rest after intestinal surgery
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Wednesday, 11 days after surgery to...
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No-stress scripture: Nigerian Christians relish Pidgin Bible
By Angela Ukomadu LAGOS (Reuters) - At the Heavenly Citizen's Church in Lagos, the pastor and congregation have adopted a...
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Pope Francis to leave hospital as soon as possible, no longer in wheelchair
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is continuing his planned treatment and rehabilitation after intestinal surgery 10 days...
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Pope to attend November U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, health permitting
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in...
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Pope Francis to stay in hospital a few more days, Vatican says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has completed his post-surgery treatment but will remain in hospital a few...
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Pope reappears after surgery, backs free universal health care
By Philip Pullella and Giulia Segreti ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis, seeming in good overall condition, appeared in public on Sunday...
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Pope gradually resuming work, walking, eating with aides, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is continuing a normal recovery from intestinal surgery, gradually resuming work, walking and eating with...
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Pope walking after surgery, but will lead Sunday prayer from hospital
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) - Pope Francis is walking and working and no longer running a fever as...
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Seoul working for pope visit to N.Korea, Vatican agency says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - South Korea's intelligence chief has said he is working on a possible visit...
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Tests negative on recuperating pope after fever, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who is recovering from intestinal surgery in a Rome hospital, ran a fever on Wednesday...
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Two popes, same hospital, different styles of medical privacy
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - When Pope John Paul II was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on July 12,...
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