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Pope moves ahead with plans to meet Shiite leader in Iraq
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Pope moves ahead with plans to meet Shiite leader in Iraq

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will meet with Iraq’s top Shiite Muslim cleric, Ali al-Sistani, during a trip next month…
Pope urges more nations to join UN treaty banning nuclear weapons
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Pope urges more nations to join UN treaty banning nuclear weapons

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday urged more nations to join a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons, saying…
Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee COVID lockdowns
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Pope criticises people going on holiday to flee COVID lockdowns

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns,…
Pope reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New Year message
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Pope reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New Year message

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis reappeared on Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church’s New…
Pope on COVID-19 vaccine: Needy, vulnerable must come first
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Pope on COVID-19 vaccine: Needy, vulnerable must come first

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all,…
Vatican: Pope to visit Iraq in March, pandemic permitting
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Vatican: Pope to visit Iraq in March, pandemic permitting

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will make a pilgrimage to Iraq in March, pandemic conditions permitting, the Vatican said…
Pope says ‘lady’ COVID must be obeyed, forgoes mask
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Pope says ‘lady’ COVID must be obeyed, forgoes mask

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday described the COVID-19 pandemic as a tough “lady” taskmaster who must be…
Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid growing criticism
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Pope reverts to mask-less old ways amid growing criticism

ROME (AP) — A day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service, Pope Francis…
Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform
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Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the “magic theories” of market capitalism have failed…
Pope recalls visit to Lesbos refugee camp, urges solidarity
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Pope recalls visit to Lesbos refugee camp, urges solidarity

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis expressed solidarity Sunday with the thousands of migrants who were left homeless by fires…
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