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                    [Title] => Benigni on Pope Francis: A fountain, waterfall of mercy
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Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni gave Pope Francis two thumbs up yesterday, delivering one of his rapid-fire monologues and praising the pope as a fountain of mercy who is "dragging the whole church toward Christianity."

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-12 17:00:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1538836 [Title] => 2 ex-premiers running neck-to-neck in Central African vote [Summary] =>

Two former prime ministers are running neck-and-neck in presidential elections to end years of violence pitting Muslims against Christians in the Central African Republic, with nearly two-thirds of votes counted yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-02 14:23:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1353174 [AuthorName] => Hippolyte Marboua [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1537973 [Title] => Voters in Central African Republic hoping for stability [Summary] =>

Thousands in Central African Republic's capital voted yesterday in national elections with hope that a new president will lead to greater stability after years of violence.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-30 12:51:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1353174 [AuthorName] => Hippolyte Marboua [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1533866 [Title] => 16 M babies born in conflict zones this year [Summary] =>

More than 16 million babies were born in conflict zones in 2015, or one in eight of all births around the world this year, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-17 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527713 [Title] => Pope Francis meets with Muslims in Central African Republic [Summary] =>

Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighborhood of Central African Republic's capital on Monday and brought his message of reconciliation to the city's main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims have long lived peacefully together here and that religion can never justify violence.

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Flanked by Vatican bodyguards in flak vests and machine-gun-toting UN peacekeepers, Pope Francis plunged yesterday into conflict-wracked Central African Republic to bring a message of peace and reconciliation to a country where Christian-Muslim violence has divided the capital and forced nearly 1 million people to flee their homes.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 17:08:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527235 [Title] => Pope in Central African Republic with peace message [Summary] =>

 Pope Francis arrived Sunday in Central African Republic, making the final stop of his first trip to Africa in a country where violence between Christian and Muslim militants has forced nearly 1 million from their homes over the last two years and divided the capital city.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 03:01:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151129/pope-francis-uganda.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527199 [Title] => Pope honors Ugandan Christian martyrs as example of faith [Summary] =>

Pope Francis on yesterday honored Uganda's 19th century Christian martyrs and encouraged its 21st century Christian youths during a day that saw nearly a half-million Ugandans turn out to see the pontiff before he heads to Central African Republic for the final leg of his African journey.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-28 17:00:11 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1526510 [Title] => Pope says 'catastrophic' if interests derail climate talks [Summary] =>

Pope Francis warned Thursday that it would be "catastrophic" for world leaders to let special interest groups get in the way of a global agreement to curb fossil fuel emissions as he brought his environmental message to the heart of Africa on the eve of make-or-break climate change talks in Paris.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-26 11:05:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151127/Pope-Francis-UN-Logo.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1523997 [Title] => Pope Africa plans unchanged, but bodyguard does extra check [Summary] =>

The Vatican says it's going ahead with plans for Pope Francis to visit the conflict-wracked Central African Republic next week, but that his top bodyguard is doing an unusual, last-minute on-site survey early in the week.

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