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UK prime ministers pay tribute at lawmaker’s funeral
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined other senior British politicians and mourners on Tuesday for a funeral mass...
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Pope sends condolences for car attack on U.S. Christmas parade
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in a condolence message for an attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin that left five dead...
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Nicaragua decree demoting Vatican ambassador is retaliation for Church comments, say diplomats
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - A Nicaraguan presidential decree affecting the Holy See's ambassador in the Central American country...
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Defence at Vatican trial want access to pope comments to investigators
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Defence lawyers at a corruption trial related to the Vatican's purchase of a...
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Pope thanks journalists for helping expose Church sex scandals
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals that the...
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World has become deaf to plight of the poor, pope says in Assisi
By Yara Nadi and Philip Pullella ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Friday that the world had become...
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Portugal’s Catholic bishops announce independent child sexual abuse commission
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday it would create an...
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Pope condemns attack on Iraqi PM as vile act of terrorism
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned the drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's residence as...
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French Catholics agree to sell property to compensate abuse victims
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Catholic Church said on Monday it would sell real estate and, if needed, take out loans...
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Vatican confirms December Pope trip to Cyprus and Greece
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday officially announced that Pope Francis will visit Cyprus and...
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Italian nun becomes highest ranking woman in Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has for the first time named a woman to the number...
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China’s Xi warns on protectionism, calls for unimpeded vaccine trade
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for smooth global trade in vaccines and...
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World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, pope tells COP26
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the twin wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change...
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Pope, at military cemetery, tells arms manufacturers: ‘Stop!’
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis, in a visit to a military cemetery on the day Catholics remember their...
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Emotional Biden praises Pope Francis’ style of Catholicism
By Jeff Mason and Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - An emotional U.S. President Joe Biden, who has come away from...
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Biden receives communion at Rome Mass, a day after meeting pope
By Jeff Mason ROME (Reuters) - Joe Biden received communion while attending Mass on Saturday evening in the American church...
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Pope Francis agrees to make first papal visit to India since 1999
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...
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South Korea’s Moon meets pope, urges him to visit North Korea
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Pope Francis on Friday, giving him a cross...
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Pope Francis: COP26 must offer concrete hope to future generations
LONDON (Reuters) -Political leaders must give "concrete hope" to future generations that they are taking the radical steps needed to...
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Pope to visit Canada to help reconciliation over indigenous schools scandal
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Canada, where he faces calls for...
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