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Pope Benedict XVI meets Fidel Castro in HavanaPope Benedict XVI meets former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana. REUTERS/Alex Castro 29/03/2012
Pope Benedict leads Mass in Cuba – nocomment The Pope Benedict XVI led Mass in front of thousands Catholics in Santiago de Cuba. 28/03/2012
Pope Benedict XVI visits prison – nocomment Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Sunday for a visit during which he called for better conditions for inmates, while meeting with some of… 19/12/2011
Pope ends his trip to Benin – nocomment Pope Benedict XVI gave a mass to end his official visit to Benin. 21/11/2011
Prayers before the Pope’s visit to BeninA woman prays beside a statue at Notre Dame cathedral in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou. Pope Benedict will visit the cathedral on his second trip as… 17/11/2011
Merkel covers up for rainy mass in BerlinGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and president of the Federal Council Hannelore Kraft use rain coats as they watch Pope Benedict XVI conducting the Eucharist… 23/09/2011
Rain falls on the Pope in MadridAssistants try to protect Pope Benedict XVI from a downpour that erupted during a prayer vigil at the Cuatro Vientos aerodrome as part of World Youth Day… 21/08/2011
World Youth Day in Madrid – nocomment Pope Benedict XVI visited the famous monastery of El Escorial on his second day of his visit for the World Youth Day festival. 20/08/2011
Pope Benedict XVI blowin’ in the windA gust of wind lifts Pope Benedict XVI’s mantle during the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Max Rossi / Reuters 08/06/2011
John Paul II beatifiedPope Benedict XVI kneels in front of the coffin of the late Pope John Paul II inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. REUTERS/Andrew Medichini/Pool 01/05/2011
Europe Weekly: Chernobyl and Schengen In the Europe Weekly review of important stories, nuclear is back in the news 25 years after Chernobyl; France and Italy want to revise the Treaty of Schengen… 29/04/2011
Pope arrives in Cuba to boost Church-state relationsMore than 200,000 Cubans turned out to celebrate an open-air Mass with Pope Benedict as he continued his closely watched three-day visit to the communist-led… 27/03/2012
Pope visit raises reform hopes in CubaThere was no sign of the historically frosty relations between Cuba and the Vatican as the Pope arrived for a three-day visit to the communist-led island… 26/03/2012
Pope looks to boost Church in communist CubaCuba is making final preparations for the historic arrival of Pope Benedict. The pontiff’s three-day visit has boosted hopes among some for deeper economic… 26/03/2012
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ call for a papal meetingA three day papal visit to Mexico has ended with Pope Benedict XVI celebrating Mass in Leon Cathedral. Bishops from Mexico and neighbouring countries had been… 26/03/2012
Pope skips Mexican capital on four day visitPope Benedict XVI has received a rapturous welcome at the start of his first official visit to Mexico. An estimated 300,000 people turned out to welcome the… 24/03/2012
Pope highlights ‘problem of drug trafficking’ in MexicoPope Benedict XVI’s plane was met by a cheering crowd of people as it touched down in for his first trip to Mexico – the country with the largest number of… 24/03/2012
Vatican: no ‘plot to kill Pope’The Vatican has dismissed an Italian newspaper report that the Pope is being targeted by assassins and would be dead within 12 months. The front page… 10/02/2012
Pope test breaking newsPope breaking news procedure for duty editors 26/01/2012
Pope calls for peace in “Urbi & Orbi” speechThe Pope has made his traditional Christmas “Urbi and Orbi” address from St Peter’s in the Vatican City to crowds of the faithful. At the end he delivered… 25/12/2011
Pope warns of the commericalisation of ChristmasPope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas message at a midnight mass at the Vatican on Saturday. The 84-year-old is celebrating his seventh Christmas season… 25/12/2011
pope is sick, not deadhe is not with god 24/11/2011
Back in the Day: the end of the shortest ever papacySeptember 27, 1590. Pope Urban VII dies just 13 days after being elected as successor to Pope Sixtus V, making his the shortest ever term in papal office… 26/09/2011
Pope delivers final mass of German visitTens of thousands of Catholics gathered in Germany to celebrate the Pope’s final mass of his four-day visit. The turn out in Freiburg in the mainly… 25/09/2011
Pope reaches last stop on German tourPope Benedict XVI has reached the final destination on a four-day trip to his German homeland. Amid protests, difficult topics like paedophile priest… 24/09/2011
Pope meets Muslim leaders in GermanyPope Benedict has been meeting religious leaders, on the second day of his visit to Germany. He told Muslim representatives in Berlin on Friday that they… 23/09/2011
‘Don’t confuse power with justice’, Pope tells German politiciansThe Pope has begun his visit to his native Germany and called on politicians to beware confusing power with justice. In a speech to parliament’s lower house… 22/09/2011
Pope’s visit met by protestsA small group of protesters in Berlin took advantage of the the Pope’s visit to voice their support for victims of abuse within the Catholic Church… 22/09/2011
Pope Benedict starts first official visit to GermanyPope Benedict XVI’s first official visit to his German homeland is underway, with a mixed reception in store. There was a warm if windy welcome at Berlin… 22/09/2011
German MPs plan to boycott papal speechPope Benedict XVI begins a state visit of his homeland Germany on Thursday amid plans by left-wing politicians to boycott a speech to parliament. One… 22/09/2011
Pope gives closing mass at Catholic youth festivalPope Benedict XVI received a reception worthy of a rock star as he arrived to give a final mass at the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day event in… 21/08/2011
Rainy weather fails to dampen spirit of Pope’s visitAs night fell in Madrid, hundreds of thousands of young people were at an aerodrome just outside the Spanish city to listen to Pope Benedict XVI give a… 21/08/2011
Prayers for the persecuted as Pope pursues Madrid visitThe Pope’s second day in Spain ended with a Way of the Cross procession through central Madrid. He listened to prayers dedicated to the suffering of different… 20/08/2011
Symbolic El Escorial visit for Pope BenedictOn day two of Pope Benedict’s visit to Spain the pontiff left Madrid, boarding the pope-mobile for the journey to El Escorial – a vast palace and monastery… 19/08/2011
Holy Tweet! Pope uses iPad for his first Twitter messageThe Pope has sent his first tweet, using the occasion to announce the Vatican’s new Internet information portal. The Twitter message read Dear Friends, … 29/06/2011
Pope arrives in CroatiaThe Pope has begun a two-day visit to Croatia, a country his predecessor visited no less than three times, and invited it on the eve of its becoming an … 04/06/2011
Pope Benedict speaks to ‘the heavens’The sky is no longer the limit for Pope Benedict XVI. He has become the first pontiff to call space, speaking directly with crew members onboard the… 21/05/2011
Back in the Day: Pope John Paul II shotMay 13, 1981. Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Ağca shoots Pope John Paul II in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square. Ağca fired several times before being overpowered… 12/05/2011
Tributes to late pope who ‘touched everyone’s hearts’There was a festival atmosphere in St Peter’s Square for the late Pope John Paul II’s beatification. Many people had spent hours waiting for the moment when… 01/05/2011
John Paul II one step closer to sainthoodThe late Pope, John Paul II, has been beatified at a special mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, effectively setting him well on the way to sainthood… 01/05/2011
Pope Jean Paul II beatifiedThe late Pope Jean Paul the 2nd has been beatified at a special mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, effectively setting him well on the way to… 01/05/2011
How Polish Pope is remembered in KrakowTo learn more about the officially ‘Blessed’ John Paul’s legacy today, in the city he served before becoming a pope, euronews went to Krakow, to talk to… 01/05/2011
Thousands at prayer vigil for John Paul IISome 200,000 people have been holding a candlelit prayer vigil in Rome’s Circus Maximus in preparation for today’s beatification of Pope John Paul II. Among… 01/05/2011
St Peter’s fills with faithful for beatificationTens of thousands of people streamed into St Peter’s in Rome on Saturday for the beatification of John Paul the second. Many are expected to take part in… 30/04/2011
Pope JPII a master communicator says aidePope John Paul the second’s great press while alive helped boost his beatification credentials. His second world war, divided Europe roots meant those who… 30/04/2011
Navarro-Valls remembers Pope John Paul IICrowds have been leaving Poland for Pope John Paul II’s beatification mass at the Vatican. Ahead of the ceremony euronews caught up with Dr Joaquín… 30/04/2011
Mugabe to attend John Paul II ceremony: VaticanZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will attend Sunday’s beatification for the late John Paul II, the Vatican said on Friday Mugabe, who has ruled his… 29/04/2011
A step closer to sainthood for Pope John Paul IIThe Vatican is preparing for a very big day. On 1st May thousands of Catholics will descend upon Rome to celebrate the beatification of Pope John Paul II, six… 28/04/2011
Vatican holds crisis meeting after scandalsFor the first time Cardinals from all over the world have been invited by the Pope himself to participate in a reflection and prayer day at the Vatican. This… 19/11/2010
Pope shooter alleges Vatican planned the assassinationIn 1983 Pope John Paul II met his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, face to face. The killer who murdered a left-wing journalist in 1979 and then shot and… 10/11/2010
