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Pope kicks off Christmas celebrations in shadow of wars
by Clément Melki - December 25, 2023 - 9:00am
Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world's favourite holidays.
Pope Francis appoints 21 new cardinals to fill highest ranks of Church
by Clément Melki - October 1, 2023 - 10:55am
Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from the four corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indispensable to the future of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis to appoint 21 new cardinals, looking past the West
by Clément Melki - September 30, 2023 - 11:22am
Pope Francis will on Saturday elevate 21 clergymen from all corners of the world to the rank of cardinal -- most of whom may one day cast ballots to elect his successor.
Pope winds up Portugal visit with big outdoor Mass
by Clément Melki - August 6, 2023 - 5:34pm
Around 1.5 million people attended the service at the Parque Tejo park on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital, the Vatican said.
Pope's vigil in Portugal draws 1.5 million pilgrims
by Clément Melki - August 6, 2023 - 9:42am
The Argentine pope urged the crowd to "pick themselves up" whenever they suffer a setback in life.
Pope Francis presides Way of Cross ceremony at youth festival
by Clément Melki - August 5, 2023 - 1:26pm
Pope Francis presided over a Way of the Cross reenactment at a Lisbon park on Friday before hundreds of thousands of flag-waving pilgrims, part of a global Catholic youth festival.
Pope health in focus ahead of global Catholic festival in Lisbon
by Clément Melki - August 2, 2023 - 12:03pm
Pope Francis heads to Lisbon Wednesday, where a million youngsters from across the world are expected for a major Catholic festival, held as the Church reflects on its future.
World Youth Day, the biggest event in the Catholic Church
by Clément Melki - July 30, 2023 - 11:02am
World Youth Day, which takes place next week in Lisbon in the presence of Pope Francis and an expected one million pilgrims, is the largest Catholic event in the world.
Pope making steady progress after hernia operation — Vatican
by Clément Melki - June 9, 2023 - 6:21pm
Pope Francis, 86, on Thursday began several days of convalescence a day after a hernia operation, as questions resurfaced about his health.
Pope making steady progress after hernia operation: Vatican
by Clément Melki - June 9, 2023 - 7:52am
Pope Francis, 86, on Thursday began several days of convalescence a day after a hernia operation, as questions resurfaced about his health.
Porn, sex abuse, gender: Pope Francis tackles thorny issues in youth Q&A
by Clément Melki - April 6, 2023 - 9:22am
Confronting intimate accounts of abortion, gender identity and paedophilia, Pope Francis gamely takes part in a no-holds-barred encounter with young adults in a new film released Wednesday, accepting both...
Pope Francis in hospital for respiratory infection
by Clément Melki - March 30, 2023 - 8:25am
Pope Francis, 86, was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Wednesday with a respiratory infection that will require a stay of a few days, the Vatican said.
Popular but facing opposition, Francis marks 10 years as pope
by Clément Melki - March 10, 2023 - 12:30pm
Pope Francis marks 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday, hugely popular but facing internal dissent after a decade of reform, even if he has left basic doctrine intact.
Pope urges end to ethnic hatred in historic South Sudan visit
by Clément Melki - February 6, 2023 - 7:48am
Pope Francis flew home Sunday with the leaders of the Anglican and Scottish churches after a joint trip to violence-plagued South Sudan, where he appealed at a final mass for people to lay down their "weapons of...
Pope Francis to lead ex-pontiff Benedict's funeral
by Clément Melki - January 5, 2023 - 10:17am
Pope Francis will preside over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
Tens of thousands queue to pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict
by Clément Melki - January 3, 2023 - 9:19am
Tens of thousands of people paid their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state in St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.
Pope Francis to beatify 'Smiling' John Paul I
by Clément Melki - September 3, 2022 - 2:49pm
Pope Francis will preside over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called "Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days before dying in contested circumstances.
Pope creates new cardinals who may choose successor
by Clément Melki - August 27, 2022 - 3:40pm
Pope Francis will on Saturday create 20 new cardinals picked from the four corners of the world, most of whom could one day end up choosing the pontiff's successor.
Pope Francis denounces 'ideological colonization' on Canada visit
by Clément Melki - July 28, 2022 - 8:53am
Pope Francis decried "ideological colonization" Wednesday and renewed his apology to Indigenous peoples for decades of abuse in a speech to Canada's top officials, who invited him to take further action leading to...
Pope arrives in Canada to make amends for Indigenous school abuse
by Clément Melki - July 25, 2022 - 9:16am
The 85-year-old pontiff's Canada visit is primarily to apologize to survivors for the Church's role in the scandal that a national truth and reconciliation commission has called "cultural genocide."
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