Pope Francis, center, delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing inside the blessing hall of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican...
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A view of St. Peter's Basilica following the Christmas tree and nativity scene lighting ceremony, at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis waves to faithful at the end of the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican.
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Vatican Swiss Guards arrive to the St. Damaso courtyard on the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican. The ceremony is held to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swi...
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Pope Francis arrives for a private audience to members of the Italian Police at The Vatican.
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Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his first general audience with faithful since February when the coronavirus outbreak broke out, in the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican.
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Nuns wave to Pope Francis as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican
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Pope Francis celebrates a Corpus Domini Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis reads his message from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis celebrated a Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, albeit w...
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Francis celebrates a Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, albeit without members of the public in ...
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Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window of his studio overlooking an empty St. Peter's Square, due to anti-coronavirus lockdown measures, at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis celebrates Easter Sunday Mass inside an empty St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. Pope Francis and Christians around the world marked a solitary Easter Sunday, force...
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Pope Francis leaves at the end of a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica empty of the faithful following Italy’s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus cont...
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Pope Francis lies down in prayer prior to celebrate Mass for the Passion of Christ, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis meets with Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, left, at the Vatican. The pontiff on Sunday urged authorities to take special care of those in nursing homes, military barra...
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Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window of his studio overlooking an empty St.Peter's Square due to restrictions to contain the Covid-19 virus, at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass at his Santa Marta residence at the Vatican. The Vatican says the Catholic church is granting a special lifting of punishment and forgiveness for sins ...
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Pope Francis exchange gifts with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, left, and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva, right, during a private audience at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he presides over a Mass for the solemnity of St. Mary at the beginning of the new year, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican
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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
‘Its an ethical option, because you are playing with not just your health and life, but also with the lives of others,’ the Pope said while urging everyone to get the Covid-19 vaccine
The nun from Kerala was canonised along with English Cardinal John Henry Newman, Swiss laywoman Marguerite Bays, Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes and Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini.
In the essay, former Pope, Benedict XVI, has said that the changes in traditional moral standards on sexuality, both in society and within the Catholic Church, laid the groundwork for the sex abuse crisis.
Pope Francis is urging politicians of all faiths to safeguard the rights of the unborn and is exhorting abortion opponents to also assure that children are born into a world where they can live with dignity.
The SIT of Kerala police probing the case of alleged rape of a nun by a bishop resumed questioning him Thursday even as the state police chief said a decision on Franco Mulakkal's arrest could be taken in a day or two.
The grand jury report made public this week accused the cardinal of helping to protect some molester priests while he was bishop of the Pennsylvania city of Pittsburgh.