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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...

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Musk meets pope, uses Twitter to announce the audience

YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 20230419

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...

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Pope prays for liberation of 317 kidnapped Nigerian students

YoopyaFebruary 28, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 28, 2021June 13, 2023012

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...

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Coughing pope cancels participating in Lenten retreat

YoopyaMarch 1, 2020June 19, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 1, 2020June 19, 202306

A coughing Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing that he is canceling his participation at a week-long spiritual retreat in the...

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US Church divided over claims that pope ignored sex abuse

YoopyaAugust 30, 2018June 3, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2018June 3, 202302

The controversy over an alleged high-level cover-up of Church sex abuse in America has revealed a deep rift among US bishops that reflects both the...

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Pope Francis drinks coca leaf tea on South American tour

YoopyaJuly 9, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 9, 2015July 1, 202306

Main ingredient in cocaine given to pontiff in a brew of camomile and anise seeds on the plane to Bolivia as a remedy for altitude...

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Release of encyclical reveals pope’s deep dive into climate science

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 202300

VATICAN CITY — He warns of synthetic agrotoxins harming birds and insects and bioaccumulation from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies and maximum...

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Whodunit playing out as Vatican reels from encyclical leak

YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 202300

VATICAN CITY (AP) — There’s something of a whodunit going on in the Vatican to discover who leaked Pope Francis environment encyclical to an Italian newsweekly,...