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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

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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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Cuba prepares for the three-day visit of Pope Francis

Cuba has been preparing for the three-day visit of Pope Francis to Cuba. On Friday Washington eased sanctions on American companies which want to do

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Cubans emotional ahead of papal visit

Havana has been getting ready for Pope Francis’s visit on Saturday (September 19). On Thursday, many Cubans watched a televised message from the

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Pope calls for more co-operation to fight climate change

With worries that the December conference on climate change in Paris is heading towards a showdown and possible clash between rich and poor countries

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Cuba pardons 3,522 prisoners ahead of papal visit

With Pope Francis’s visit to Cuba fast approaching the Cuban authorities have addressed one of the outstanding issues cited by its critics. On Friday

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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.

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Pope calls on every parish in Europe to take in one migrant family each

As thousands of refugees pour into Europe, Pope Francis has called on every parish and religious community to take in one family each.

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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

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Pope Francis calls for church to welcome back divorced couples

Pope Francis continues to make waves as the head of the Roman Catholic church. His latest announcement, previously made in more intimate surroundings

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Pope Francis ends his South American trip in Paraguay

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Pope Francis holds huge mass in Paraguay to end Latin America tour

Winding up his “homecoming” tour to Latin America, Pope Francis appealed to world leaders to seek a new economic model to help the poor. On Saturday

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Paraguay: Pope Francis praises 'most glorious women of America'

Pope Francis’ homecoming tour of South America has taken him to Paraguay, where he was emphatic in his praise of the efforts of the country’s women

Bolivia

'Communist crucifix' gift to pope in Bolivia raises eyebrows

Pope Francis in Bolivia on his South American tour looked somewhat bemused when his host President Evo Morales handed him an unusual gift : a wooden

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Pope arrives in Bolivia

Pope Francis arrived in Bolivia on Wednesday on the second leg of his South American tour. He was welcomed by President Evo Morales and given a pouch

Republic of Ecuador

Pope Francis calls on people in Latin America to unite

Pope Francis has called on people across Latin America to use the gospel “to unite our hopes, concerns, ideals and even utopian visions.” Speaking

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Pope wows the crowds with first papal visit to Ecuador in 30 years

Pope Francis has met the President of Ecuador on the first leg of what is being dubbed his “homecoming” tour of South America. This is the first

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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 .