Now playing Next Republic of Ecuador Pope puts the family at the heart of his first Ecuador mass Thousands of Ecuadoreans turn out for Pope Francis' first mass of his South American tour to hear his sermon about the importance of the family . 06/07/2015
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Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis bestrides global diplomacy with his environment encyclical The most awaited, and controversial papal document in half a century has been published. Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment is also the 18/06/2015
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Now playing Next Vatican Pope to meet LGBT representative in Paraguay Pope Francis is to meet a representative of Paraguay’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. He will see Simon Cazal from the Somos Gay 13/06/2015
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Now playing Next Bosnia and Herzegovina Pope visits Sarajevo marking 20th anniversary end of conflict Pope Francis has urged Bosnians to seek lasting ethnic and religious harmony as he visited the former Yugloslav republic 20 years after it emerged 06/06/2015
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Now playing Next world news Vatican agrees treaty recognising Palestinian State Vatican agrees a treaty which is the first legal document negotiated between the Holy See and the Palestinian State and constitutes official diplomatic recognition.. 14/05/2015
Now playing Next Vatican 'War is the industry of death!' Pope Francis tells children Peace: how to build it and how to maintain it. That was the focus of a special audience with Pope Francis. Some 7,000 children of several 11/05/2015