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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis is making his first foray into the former Soviet Union with a weekend visit to Armenia, a year after he riled Turkey by declaring the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians genocide and amid fresh tensions with rival Azerbaijan.The Vatican has long cheered the Armenian cause,
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The nomination came two days after Francis laid out the legal procedures to oust a bishop for negligence.
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Summit participants call human trafficking, forced labor and prostitution a "crime against humanity" that should be prosecuted as such.
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
When Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, visit migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos this weekend, they'll be doing more than sending a political message about the need to welcome refugees.Christianity's two most
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Their presence on Lesbos will be highly symbolic at a time of growing criticism of the EU-Turkey deal.
Pope Francis walks towards cardinals at the end of a Mass for the the Holy Year of Mercy, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The society said its legal status in the church wasn't discussed but that lower-level talks would continue "without haste."
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The new rules call for an administrator to be named for each saintly cause who must "scrupulously respect" the intention of each donation.
Women wait to enter to the site where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass during his one-day visit in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, early Monday, Feb. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Nicole Winfield - Associated PressSonia Perez - Associated Press
The Chiapas visit is aimed at boosting the faith in the least Catholic state in Mexico.
Waiting for Francis in Ecatepec. (Photo by Gerard O'Connell)
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Nicole Winfield - Associated PressPeter Orsi - Associated Press
Pope Francis heads into the capital's crime-ridden suburb of Ecatepec on Sunday to see firsthand the reality of the Mexican "periphery," where drug violence, gangland-style executions and kidnappings are daily facts of life.The pontiff is expected to bring a message of hope and solidar
Workers put the finishing touches on an image of Pope Francis made out of flowers, on the lawn surrounding the Angel of Independence Monument in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Pope Francis travels to Mexico Feb. 12-18. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Francis begins his trip praying before the Virgin of Guadalupe shrine. After that he enters uncharted papal territory.