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Pope Francis closes synod calling for a more 'compassionate' church

Pope Francis closed a contentious bishops’ meeting on family issues on Sunday. He called for a more open-hearted, compassionate Church rooted in

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Synod reaches uneasy compromise as Pope takes on conservatives

The Pope appears to have reached some form of agreement with the conservative clergy at an often tetchy synod on the family. The synod voted to allow

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Pope Francis brain tumour report denied by Vatican

The Vatican denies an Italian media report that Pope Francis has a benign brain tumour. Newspaper group, Il Quotidiano Nazionale, says the pontiff

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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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Pope Francis visits prisoners in Philadelphia

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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

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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 takes the UN by storm with hard-hitting appeal to save the environment

Pope Francis’s much-awaited address to the United Nations was a dense philosophical and ethical argument for mankind to face up to the real

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Pope Francis salutes crowds outside US Congress

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Pope Francis prays for the victims of the Hajj tragedy

They turned out in their thousands in the Big Apple to applaud Pope Francis on his first official visit as Pontiff to New York. His presence in the

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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 tackles subjects that divide America in historic speech to Congress

Pope Francis, in the historic first address to the US Congress by the leader of the Roman Catholic church, ranged far and wide covering a number of

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Pope pleases the crowd in wide-ranging speech to Congress

Pope Francis has brought the US Congress to its feet in applause in a speech two both houses meeting in joint session. He is the first pope in

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Pope Francis meets President Obama

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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

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Pope Francis begins visit to USA with call for environmental action

Pope Francis has been quick to set the tone for his first-ever visit as pontiff to the United States. Greeted at the White House by the Obamas and a

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Pope Francis appeals to America to seize an historic moment

President Barack Obama has welcomed Pope Francis to the White House at the start of his trip to the USA. The pope was given the five-star treatment