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Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee COVID lockdowns
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they…
Pope misses leading New Year services because of leg pain flare-up
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, suffering a flare-up of a sciatica condition that causes pain in his right leg, missed a…
Pope Francis appeals for help for quake-struck Croatia
Vatican News - Pope Francis said he is praying for the victims of an earthquake that struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing…
Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made sombre by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said…
Pope, for first time, says China’s Uighurs are ‘persecuted’
In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China's Muslim Uighurs a "persecuted" people, something human rights activists have…
Russia to investigate Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia on Tuesday opened a new criminal case into Jehovah's Witnesses, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Tuesday, adding that the religion's…
Let us not give up on great dreams – Pope to youths
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica for the Solemnity of Christ the King, observed annually on the last Sunday of…
Polish cardinal accused of sexual abuse dies aged 97
A Polish cardinal who was accused of sexually abusing a minor has died at the age of 97, Poland's Roman Catholic Church…
God entrusts talent to each one according to his or her abilities. Use it for good – Pope Francis
On the penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year, Pope Francis reflected on the Parable of the Talents in St Matthew’s Gospel. Jesus…
Pope vows to ‘uproot evil’ of clerical sexual abuse
Pope Francis, in his first public comment after the release of an explosive report on the Vatican's mishandling of the case of…
Report into disgraced ex U.S. cardinal shows failings by popes, top clerics
Pope John Paul II promoted ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2000 despite rumours of his sexual misconduct, a Vatican report found, one…
American bishops welcome Biden’s election citing ‘time for unity’
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops congratulated the Democratic candidate: "We acknowledge…