Now playing Next Vatican 'A defeat for humanity': Pope cries during prayer over Ukraine war The Pontiff was applauded by the crowd after breaking down and crying during a public prayer in central Rome, where he called for peace in Ukraine. 09/12/2022
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Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis sacks leadership of Vatican-based charity The Pontiff's shock move targeted the chiefs of Caritas Internationalis (CI), a Catholic charity confederation with more than a million employees and volunteers around the world 22/11/2022
Now playing Next Bahrain Pope Francis attracts thousands in first-ever Bahrain visit An estimated 30,000 people crowded into a sports stadium in Bahrain to attend a mass by Pope Francis. 05/11/2022
Now playing Next Bahrain Pope Francis blasts 'childlike' wars at Bahrain Interfaith Summit With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian, and Jewish leaders in calling for world peace. 04/11/2022
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Now playing Next world news Pope Francis joins religious conference in Kazakhstan One of the conference's goals was to promote peace through dialogue. 15/09/2022
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Now playing Next Kazakhstan Pope Francis visits Kazakhstan, will not meet with Russia's patriarch The leader of the Catholic Church was supposed to meet with Russian Orthodox Church's Patriarch Kirill, but the tete-a-tete will not take place after Kirill opted out of attending the conference. 13/09/2022
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Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis clearly denounced Russia's war in Ukraine, says Vatican The pontiff was heavily criticised for his comments following the death of Daria Dugina in a car bomb attack, referring to her as a "poor girl". 30/08/2022
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis creates 20 new cardinals who may choose his successor Sixteen of the 20 new cardinals are under the age of 80, and therefore eligible to vote for the next pope. 27/08/2022
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Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis may meet the 'pro-war' leader of Russia's Orthodox Church The EU accuses Patriarch Kirill of supporting Russia's war in Ukraine. 01/08/2022
Now playing Next Vatican 'You can change the pope': Pope Francis says he'll slow down or retire The Pope says his weeklong trip to Canada with strained knee ligaments which put him in a wheelchair was "a bit of a test” that showed he needs to slow down and one day possibly retire. 30/07/2022