Pope Francis

Calling himself one of the “humble heirs” of ancient schools of wisdom and quoting the Buddha, Pope Francis on Sunday urged all religions to live in harmony and shun ideological fundamentalism that foments violence. Francis was speaking at…
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Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses. Some personalities such as basketball star LeBron James and author…
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Pope Francis said that the Vatican is ready to do anything possible to mediate and put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in an interview with Italian daily La Stampa. Asked whether he believed that peace between Russia and…
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During a speech on Monday, Pope Francis admitted that priests and nuns watch the "vice of porn" but warned that the "devil enters from there and weakens the soul". According to European Times, the comment by the Pope was made during a…
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Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the “evil” inflicted on the Indigenous peoples of Canada on the first day of a visit focused on addressing decades of abuse at Catholic-run residential schools. The plea for forgiveness from the leader…
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Pope Francis has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious, while praising Ukrainians for fighting for survival. But in the text of a conversation he had last…
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Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned "the massacre of Bucha" and kissed a Ukrainian flag sent from the town where tied bodies shot at close range littered the streets after Russian troops withdrew and bodies poked out of a mass grave at a…
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Pope Francis on Sunday returned to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, calling the neglect of migrants the "shipwreck of civilisation". "In Europe there are those who persist in treating the problem as…
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Pope Francis decried societies which rush indifferently past the poor, often judging them instead of helping them, as he celebrated Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by 2,000 indigent people. During his homily, Francis also made…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a specially-made silver candelabra and a book on India's climate initiatives to Pope Francis on Saturday as they held their first one-to-one meeting. PM Modi explained to the 84-year-old Pontiff that the…
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