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Pope urges Catholics to swap social media for reflection as Lent begins

YoopyaFeb 15, 2024February 15, 20240

ROME, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged Catholics to forgo worldly trappings and focus on essentials as he opened the season of Lent with

Pope says Africans are ‘special case’ when it comes to LGBT blessings

YoopyaJan 29, 2024January 29, 20240

VATICAN CITY, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of

Pope says LGBT blessings are for individuals, not approval of unions

YoopyaJan 26, 2024January 26, 20240

VATICAN CITY, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Friday defended a Vatican document on blessings for same-sex couples but said they were not an

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

YoopyaDec 25, 2023December 25, 20230

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement

Pope wants to simplify papal funeral rites, be buried outside Vatican

YoopyaDec 13, 2023December 31, 20230

VATICAN CITY, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican’s pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate

Pope promotes ‘humanitarian corridors’ for asylum-seekers

YoopyaMar 18, 2023March 18, 20230

Pope Francis met Saturday with thousands of refugees and charity groups hosting them in Italy as he sought to promote legal migration routes to Europe

Musk meets pope, uses Twitter to announce the audience

YoopyaJul 4, 2022April 6, 20230

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose $44 billion bid to buy Twitter remains in limbo, used the social media platform to announce he had met with

Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit

YoopyaMar 5, 2021June 30, 20230

Pope Francis opened the first-ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday with a plea for the country to protect its centuries-old diversity, urging Muslims to

Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

YoopyaMar 3, 2021June 22, 20230

In Iraq’s holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued by bitter

Pope prays for liberation of 317 kidnapped Nigerian students

YoopyaFeb 28, 2021June 13, 20230

Pope Francis on Sunday decried the kidnapping of 317 students from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria and prayed for the girls’ quick release. Addressing