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Crowds cheer Pope Francis on visit to Orthodox Romania

Pope Francis will meet the patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church during his visit to the country, where Catholics are a minority.

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Pope Francis: Press freedom is key indicator of country's health

In an address to the Foreign Press Association at the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Francis urged journalists to reject fake news and continue reporting on the troubling conditions of suffering people who no longer make it into daily headlines

Italy

Pope Francis aide 'climbs down manhole to restore power for homeless'

Pope Francis' aide restored electricity for hundreds of people by crawling down a manhole in Rome.

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Landmark papal decree makes bishops more accountable for sexual abuse

Pope Francis issued a new decree making bishops directly accountable for sexual abuse or covering it up, and clerics must report any cases to superiors

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Good Friday around the world

The Pope led the prayers at the traditional Via Crucis Good Friday service at Rome's Colosseum

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"Be humble", Pope Francis urges Catholic Church

"Be humble", Pope Francis urges Catholic Church

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Catholics climb newly-restored holy stairs at Vatican

The faithful got on their knees on Thursday to crawl up newly-unveiled marble steps, also known as Scala Sancta, at the Vatican.

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Watch: Devotees climb restored Vatican Holy Stairs on their knees

The deeply-worn Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) were brought to light for the first time in 300 years after a seven-year restoration.

Italy

There's a reason why the pope doesn't want you to kiss his hand

It has to do with germs...

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Pope Francis doesn't want anyone to kiss his papal ring

On Monday, (March 25) Pope Francis visited a Catholic shrine in Loreto, he repeatedly withdrew his right hand as a long line of people bowed and tried to kiss the ring on it.

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Watch: Pope offers a kiss to nun who has delivered 3,000 babies

The last time 85-year-old Sister Maria Concetta Esu met the Pope, she arrived in a canoe.

Mexico

Mexico asks Spain and Vatican to apologise for actions during conquest

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Monday that he has written to King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologise for "massacres and oppression."

France

Cardinal Barbarin says Pope has refused his resignation

Cardinal Barbarin says Pope has refused his resignation

World

Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of sexual offences against 2 minors

Australian Cardinal Pell has been convicted of sexual offences against 2 minors, and sentenced to six years in prison. Pell is the most senior member of the Catholic Church to have been convicted, but remains a Cardinal pending further investigation by the Vatican.

World

Vatican concludes historic summit on sexual abuse

Nearly 200 church leaders gathered this weekend to address the abuse crisis.

Vatican

Pope, ending conference, calls for 'all-out battle' against abuse of minors

Pope, ending conference, calls for 'all-out battle' against abuse of minors

Vatican

Catholic Church 'destroyed' records of abuse, cardinal says

"This is abuse of power by the administration," Cardinal Reinhard Marx told bishops at a Vatican summit on preventing sexual abuse.

World

Pope leads four-day summit into sexual abuse in Catholic Church

Pope Francies leads a four-day summit in the Vatican into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

World

Vatican summit opens on child sex abuse in Catholic Church

The Vatican is holding a four-day summit called by Pope Francis to tackle the Catholic Church's long-standing crisis.

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Pope orders summit on sex abuse

Pope Francis has summoned senior Catholic clergy to the Vatican to hold a summit on how to deal with the issue of sexual abuse