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To protect civilians, Pope blesses military intervention in Iraq
Pope Francis said on Monday the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq, but that it should not be up to a single...
Pope urges divided Koreas to unite as ‘one people’
Pope Francis wrapped up his first trip to Asia on Monday by challenging Koreans—from the North and the South—to reject the “mindset of suspicion...
Pope holds up Korean martyrs as models for church
About 800,000 people attended a Seoul Mass led by Pope Francis on Saturday, the Vatican says.
Huge crowds greet Pope at martyr beatification in Seoul
Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs on Saturday, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors’...
Pope calls for peace on Korean Peninsula as Pyongyang fires missiles
Pope Francis has called for renewed efforts to forge peace on the Korean Peninsula as he opened a five-day visit to South Korea with a message of reconciliation,...
Pope’s South Korea trips gives rare opportunity to reach out to China
On his way to South Korea, Pope Francis will get a rare opportunity to directly address China’s leadership as he flies over the country, whose communist...
Pope Francis: One in 50 clergy are involved in paedophilia
Pope Francis has condemned child sex abuse as a “leprosy” and believes that one in 50 people in the church is involved in paedophilia.
Taking Sundays off is good business, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis says abandoning the traditionally Christian practice of not working on Sundays isn’t a good change in society.
Pope leads long Vatican Mass after health setbacks
Looking tired but relaxed, Pope Francis has led his first major public ceremony after a spate of cancelled appointments due to health problems.
Pope excommunicates Mafiosi during visit to mafia bastion in Italy’s south
Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy’s most dangerous organised crime groups, calling it an example of “the adoration of evil”...
Just say yes: anti-drug message from Pope Francis
Pope Francis has described drug addiction as an evil for which there can be no yielding or compromise.
Pope Francis shuns bulletproof ‘sardine can’ Popemobile
Pope Francis shuns his bulletproof Popemobile because he “does not have much to lose” at his age.
Pope Francis promises World Cup neutrality to ease Brazilian support fears
Pope Francis has said he will honour a request by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to remain neutral during the World Cup.
Politics left behind as Middle East rivals meet for prayer at Vatican
The Vatican has played down any expectations that the Sunday evening meeting between Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas – billed as a “pause from politics”...
Pope fires entire board of Vatican financial watchdog
Pope Francis sacked the five-man board of the Vatican’s financial watchdog on Thursday - all Italians - in the latest move to break with an old guard...
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