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Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting COVID-19 vaccine in Vatican

Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting COVID-19 vaccine in Vatican

1 week ago
International

Pope Francis paid a surprise visit on Friday to homeless and poor people from Rome getting free COVID-19 vaccinations in the Vatican.

Pope orders salary cuts for cardinals, clerics, to save jobs of employees
- 2 weeks ago
- International
Pope Francis has ordered cardinals to take a 10% pay cut and reduced the salaries of most other clerics working in the Vatican in order to save

Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions - Vatican
- 4 weeks ago
- International
The Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are not valid, in a ruling that greatly disappointed

Pope says 10th anniversary of Syrian civil war must spur peace efforts
- 4 weeks ago
- International
Pope Francis called the Syrian civil war one of the worst humanitarian crises of current times on Sunday, saying its 10th anniversary should spur

Amir extends his best wishes to Pope Francis
- 4 weeks ago
- Local
On the occasion of the Vatican City State's national day, the Amir, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, sent Pope Francis a cable of

Iraq PM urges national dialogue after 'love and tolerance' of Pope visit
- 1 month ago
- International
Iraq’s prime minister on Monday called on the country’s rival political groups to use dialogue to solve their differences, a move he

Exultant crowds gather for pope's Erbil Mass, despite coronavirus
- 1 month ago
- International
Coronavirus was the last thing on schoolteacher Gladys Koffa’s mind as she waited eagerly for Pope Francis to say Mass at Franso Hariri

Pope Francis meets father of drowned Syrian boy
- 1 month ago
- International
Pope Francis on Sunday met the father of Alan Kurdi, the boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach six years ago became an image of the

Pope Francis meets top Iraq Shiite cleric Sistani in interfaith milestone
- 1 month ago
- International
NAJAF, Iraq: Pope Francis extended his hand to the world's Shiite Muslims on Saturday, meeting top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a

Pope Francis embarks on risky, historic Iraq tour
- 1 month ago
- International
Pope Francis began his most risky foreign trip on Friday, flying into Iraq amid the tightest security ever seen for a papal visit to appeal to the

Pope's visit carries message of peace to all Iraqis: Grand Imam of Al Azhar
- 1 month ago
- International
Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar and chairman of Abu Dhabi-based Council of Muslim Elders, on Friday praised Pope Francis’ visit

Pope pays surprise visit to home of elderly Holocaust survivor
- 2 months ago
- Lifestyle
Pope Francis paid a surprise visit on Saturday to the home of Edith Bruck, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and author, and paid homage to all

Pope starts Lent as Ash Wednesday rites scaled back for COVID-19
- 2 months ago
- International
Pope Francis led the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into Lent on Ash Wednesday, as they scaled back a centuries-old ritual to help stem

Mature democracies should shun political personality cults, pope says
- 2 months ago
- International
Mature democracies must shun the temptation to glorify an individual political personality and make sure that the rule of law prevails over

Pope urges Myanmar military to free political prisoners, return to democratic path
- 2 months ago
- International
Pope Francis, in his annual “state of the world” address to diplomats, on Monday urged Myanmar’s military coup leaders to free

Pope Francis appoints more women to Vatican posts
- 2 months ago
- International
Pope Francis has appointed two women to Vatican posts previously held only by men, in back-to-back moves giving women more empowerment in the

Pope tells Biden he prays God will guide reconciliation in U.S.
- 3 months ago
- International
Pope Francis told U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday that he was praying that God would guide his efforts to bring reconciliation in the United

Pope Francis and former Pope Benedict get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
- 3 months ago
- Updates
By Hada Messia, CNN

Pope Francis to have COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week
- 3 months ago
- Updates
REUTERS
Pope Francis said on Saturday he planned to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as next week and urged everyone to get a

Pope Francis, speaking of U.S. Capitol assault, condemns people working against democracy
- 3 months ago
- International
Pope Francis said on Saturday people working against democracy must be condemned whoever they are, and lessons should be learned from this