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| Jan.12 |
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Pope to appoint 19 new cardinals
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| Jan.13 |
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Pope Francis denounces 'horror' of abortion
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| Jan.16 |
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Vatican grilled by U.N. over sexual abuse  A senior Vatican official acknowledged Thursday there is 'no excuse' for child sex abuse, as he and others were grilled by a U
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| Jan.17 |
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 Ex-Pope defrocked nearly 400 priests Close to 400 priests were defrocked in only two years by the former Pope Benedict XVI over claims of child abuse, the Vatican has confirmed
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| Jan.21 |
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Vatican cleric 'laundered millions'
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| Feb.5 |
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UN panel to Vatican: Kick out those who sexually abuse children A United Nations committee slammed the handling of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church and accused the church of protecting itself
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| Feb.14 |
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 Pope Francis gives marriage advice In a gesture toward Valentine's Day, Pope Francis gave his advice on how to have a happy marriage before thousands of young engaged couple
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| Feb.22 |
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Pope appoints 19 new cardinals  Map of St. Peter%27s Basilica Vatican Pope Francis created 19 new cardinals Saturday in a ceremony in the St. Peter's Basilica -- the first such appointments since he was elected pontiff
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| Mar.12 |
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Pope Francis marks first year in office
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| Mar.21 |
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Stop doing evil, Pope tells mafia
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| Mar.27 |
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 Obama meets Pope Francis in Rome US President Barack Obama says it was a 'great honour' to meet Pope Francis for the first time during a European tour dominated by the crisis in Ukraine
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| Apr.18 |
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Pope Francis prays for abandoned in Good Friday service Map of Colosseum Rome Italy Pope Francis has led Easter's Way of the Cross procession in Rome, with prayers for the poor and the abandoned
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| Apr.19 |
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Pope Francis celebrates Easter vigil
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| Apr.27 |
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 Vatican declares two popes saints Map of St Peter%27s Square Vatican| Pope Francis has declared Popes John Paul II and John XXIII saints, in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands | |
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| May.24 |
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Pope praises Jordan as tour begins
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Bethlehem prepares to welcome Pope
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| May.25 |
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Pope Francis prays at Bethlehem wall Map of Bethlehem Israel Pope Francis extended an invitation to the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to travel to the Vatican for a 'peace initiative'
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Palestinians present doctored Christian paintings to Pope Francis
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| May.26 |
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Pope to meet sex abuse victims Pope Francis has announced he will meet a group of sex abuse victims next month after comparing the 'ugly crime' to performing 'a satanic Ma...
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| Jun.8 |
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Pope Francis hosts joint Israel-Palestinian peace prayer
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| Jun.21 |
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Pope Francis attacks 'evil' mafia in 'Ndrangheta base Map of Calabria Italy Pope Francis has condemned the mafia's 'adoration of evil' at a mass in Calabria, the southern Italian base of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate
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| Jul.7 |
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Catholic bishops will be held accountable for protecting youths
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| Jul.13 |
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Pope: 1 in 50 clergy are paedophiles
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| Jul.24 |
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Sudan 'apostasy' woman meets Pope
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| Aug.13 |
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Pope Francis makes first South Korean visit in 25 years Map of SEOUL South Korea| Pope is on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off the plane onto a red carpet and greeting President Park Geun-hye | |
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 North Korea fires projectiles as Pope lands in Seoul As Francis became the first pope in 25 years to visit South Korea on, North made its presence felt by firing 3 short-range projectiles
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| Aug.15 |
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Pope beatifies South Korea martyrs
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| Aug.17 |
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Pope Francis urges inter-Korean reconciliation
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| Aug.18 |
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Pope lifts ban on 'left-wing' bishop
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| Aug.19 |
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Pope 'deeply hurt' as 3 members of his family die in crash Two of Pope Francis' grandnephews and the boys' mother were killed in a car crash in the pontiff's homeland of Argentina, police said
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| Sep.13 |
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Pope Francis warns on 'piecemeal World War III'
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| Sep.14 |
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Pope marries 20 cohabiting couples in sign of papacy shift
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| Sep.21 |
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Pope rebukes religious militants during visit to Albania During a trip to the mostly Muslim nation, Pope Francis rebuked militants who act in the name of religion, saying no one can act as the "armor...
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| Sep.23 |
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  Vatican arrests ex-envoy Wesolowski over child abuse The Vatican has placed its ex-ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, under house arrest on charges of sexually abusing chil...
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| Oct.5 |
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Pope opens synod on family life Pope Francis has opened a gathering of more than 200 Roman Catholic bishops by urging them not to impose 'intolerable moral burdens'
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| Oct.13 |
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Synod signals Catholic shift on gays | Senior clerics taking part in a review of Catholic teachings on the family have called on the Church to adopt positive stance on homosexuality | |
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| Oct.18 |
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Pope's synod setback on gay policy| Pope Francis has suffered a setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people failed to win a two-thirds majority at a Catholic Church synod | |
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| Nov.28 |
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Pope Francis in Turkey urges faiths to combat fanaticism
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Pope in Istanbul: Muslim and Christian leader meetings
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| Nov.30 |
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Pope urges Muslims to condemn terror
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| Dec.4 |
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Vatican finds millions 'tucked away' Cardinal George Pell, responsible for the Vatican's finances, says he has found millions of Euros 'tucked away' off balance sheets
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| Dec.22 |
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Pope Francis criticism stuns Vatican Pope has sharply criticised the Vatican bureaucracy in a pre-Christmas address to cardinals, complaining of 'spiritual Alzheimer's'
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| Dec.25 |
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  Pope's message: Iraq and Syria suffered too long Map of St. Peter%27s Basilica Vatican| Pope Francis wants to bring hope to Christians and other ethnic and religious groups suffering 'brutal persecution' in Iraq and Syria | |
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| Dec.27 |
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Pope gunman visits John Paul II tomb Mehmet Ali Agca who shot and injured former Pope John Paul II in 1981 has laid flowers on the late pontiff's tomb in the Vatican
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