Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on Friday in calling for the great religions to work together for peace.
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Vatican disciplined Nobel laureate bishop after child sex abuse allegations in East Timor
The Vatican said that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations that he sexually abused boys in the 1990s.
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Pope Francis in Kazakhstan: ‘How many deaths will it take’ for peace to prevail in Ukraine?
Pope Francis told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders Wednesday that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war.
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Pope Francis heads to Kazakh interfaith congress—without hope for a meeting with Patriarch Kirill
Pope Francis had hoped his trip to Kazakhstan this week would offer a chance to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church—who has justified the war in Ukraine—and plead for peace.
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Gritty cult director Ferrara gets religion in new film ‘Padre Pio,’ starring Shia LaBeouf
Abel Ferrara is directing the upcoming “Padre Pio,” starring Shia LaBeouf, about the stigmatic saint of 20th-century Italy. The film centers itself around the rise of fascism in Italy.
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Pope Francis meets with transgender people who took shelter in Rome church
Pope Francis has met with a fourth group of transgender people who found shelter at a Rome church, the Vatican newspaper reported Thursday. L’Osservatore Romano said the encounter took place Wednesday on the sidelines of Francis’ weekly general audience.
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Pope Francis could meet with Patriarch Kirill in Kazakhstan, still hopes to visit Ukraine
Pope Francis will travel next month to Kazakhstan, where he could meet with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has supported Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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Pope Francis says he’ll slow down or retire: ‘You can change a pope’
“It’s not strange. It’s not a catastrophe. You can change the pope,” Pope Francis said while sitting in an airplane wheelchair during a 45-minute news conference.
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Nancy Pelosi receives Communion and meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican amid abortion debate
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.
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Pope Francis orders online release of Pius XII archives from World War II-era
The documentation, published amid renewed debate about the legacy of the World War II-era pope, contains 2,700 files of requests for Vatican help from Jewish groups and families.