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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Rome

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome for talks with the Pope and Italian leaders in his first visit to the EU and NATO nation since Russia's full-scale invasion.

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Secret mission to bring home Ukrainian children taken to Russia: Pope

Pope Francis has revealed a secret peace "mission" is underway to bring home Ukrainian children who were taken to Russia. Moscow has denied any wrongdoing.

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Pope Francis leaves Hungary after urging nation "to open its doors"

Francis has challenged Viktor Orban’s anti-immigration policies, which in 2015-2016 included building a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia.

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WATCH: Pope Francis leads mass in front of thousands in Budapest

Pope Francis on Sunday called on Hungarians to be "open" toward migrants, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the central European country whose nationalist premier has taken a staunch anti-immigration stance.

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Religion against the machine: Pope Francis takes on AI

Pope Francis is the latest public figure to become an unlikely star – or victim – of digital technology’s ever growing tentacles, as fabricated AI-generated images of the Holy Father have been taking social media by storm.

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Pope calls for peace in Northern Ireland to be consolidated

Peace in Northern Ireland and the desire for peace in Ukraine marked Pope Francis' Easter service in Vatican City.

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WATCH: Pope Francis prays for peace in Northern Ireland and Ukraine

Francis led Mass on Easter Monday in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican at noon in front of thousands of worshippers to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Christian tradition.

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Pope prays for both Ukrainian and Russian people at Easter Mass

In an Easter message highlighting hope, Pope Francis on Sunday invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people, praised nations which welcome refugees.

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Pope Francis returns to public eye for Easter vigil Mass

Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St Peter's Basilica, a day after he skipped Good Friday's nighttime procession.

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WATCH: Good Friday processions around the world

Continuing an annual tradition, Catholics in New York included the iconic Brooklyn Bridge in their Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday.

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Pope Francis washes feet in traditional Holy Thursday Easter ritual

Five days after his release from hospital, where he was admitted for bronchitis, Pope Francis went to a juvenile prison on Thursday to wash the feet of inmates in a traditional Easter ritual.

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Pope Francis defends the "marginalised" at Palm Sunday mass

Pope Francis has presided over Palm Sunday Mass, a day after leaving hospital due to bronchitis.

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'I'm still alive': Pope Francis jokes as he leaves hospital

Pope Francis was discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away: “I'm still alive.”

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Pope Francis set to return home after three days in hospital

In the first images of the Pope since his admission to hospital on Wednesday, Francis is seen baptising a newborn baby at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was being treated for bronchitis.

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Pope Francis 'gradually improving' after being hospitalised

A Vatican spokesman said on Thursday that Pope Francis had resumed work from his hospital room at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

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Pope Francis to stay in hospital for a few days due to infection

Pope Francis is suffering from a respiratory infection and will stay in hospital for a few days

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Pope 'authorised hundreds of thousands' to free kidnapped nun

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was kidnapped by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, which has bankrolled its insurgency by capturing Westerners.

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Nicaragua threatens Vatican ties over 'Nazi dictatorship' comments

The comments come amid an ongoing crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country.

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Pope Francis: 10 years of papacy in 10 points

History’s first Latin American pope marks his 10th anniversary on Monday as head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Pope Francis 10 years on: Reformer faces criticism from conservatives

Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the "two or three" years he once envisioned for his papacy