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Pope Francis proclaims married couple saints in historic ceremony

Four new Catholic saints were proclaimed by Pope Francis on Sunday at a mass for some 65,000 people in St Peter’s Square. Those canonised included

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#Vatican: Pope asks for forgiveness but does not say why

The Pope has asked members of the Catholic Church for forgiveness. It is an unprecedented step, the reasons for which the Vatican has not clarified

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Homosexuality, divorce & remarriage up for discussion at Vatican synod

Pope Francis has urged bishops to put aside personal prejudices and has called for frankness, courage and humility within the Catholic church. His

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Catholic synod overshadowed by Church's 'homophobia'

Pope Francis presided over a vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday (October 3) ahead of the synod, a three-week meeting of bishops from around the

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USA

Pope ends US trip with mass in Philadelphia

Pope Francis has ended his highly successful trip to the United States by celebrating mass in Philadelphia. Thousands turned up to see Francis bring

USA

Pope Francis calls for religious freedom on trip to Philadelphia

The penultimate day of Pope Francis’ trip to the United States has taken him to Philadelphia were the pontiff offered words of support to immigrants

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Pope ends busy day in New York with mass at Madison Square Garden

Day four of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States has proven to be his most hectic. The pontiff arrived at New York’s famous Madison Square Garden

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Pope Francis begins second leg of US visit in New York

Pope Francis has been welcomed to New York by throngs of people who lined the city’s Fifth Avenue. The pontiff made his way down the famous artery

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Pope Francis meets President Obama

USA

Pope raises hot topics during Washington visit

Pope Francis has celebrated his first ever Mass in the United States on a day which saw him refuse to shy away from controversy. Twenty-five thousand

USA

Papal visit underway in US

Pope Francis has begun his first visit to the United States. The pontiff arrived from Cuba on board an Alitalia airliner at Joint Base Andrews in the

USA

USA welcomes Pope Francis, after Cuba

The nearly 80 million Roman Catholics of the United States are rolling out the red carpet for Pope Francis. Hot on the heels of a weekend in

Cuba

Pope Francis visits holy shrine on last full day in Cuba

Pope Francis ended his last full day in Cuba at the country’s holiest shrine, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, outside the island’s second-largest

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Cuba: Thousands attend Pope's mass, dozens denied entry, reports suggest

Pope Francis has so far avoided overt discussion of Cuban politics during his first ever trip to the communist-run island. The 78-year-old Argentine

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When Francis met Fidel: 'Relaxed' talks between visiting Pope and Cuba's revolutionary icon

Religion and world affairs were, not surprisingly, the two key talking points when Pope Francis visited Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Havana's Revolution Square

Cuba

Pope Francis hails warming US-Cuba ties on arrival in Havana

Pope Francis has hailed improving ties between Cuba and the US, saying they are a model of reconciliation. He has touched down in Havana for an

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Pope Francis makes marriage annulments easier

Pope Francis has made it easier for Roman Catholics to get marriage annulments, streamlining procedures and calling on bishops to provide more help to divorced couples.

Cinema

Boston Globe revelations of child abuse hit the silver screen in the film Spotlight

Actors Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams and director Tom McCarthy were at the Venice Film Festival to present the movie ‘Spotlight’. The

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And also...gold in a lake in Germany, the world's longest non-stop flight and why are people asking if the Pope really is a Catholic?

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ different language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the