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Pope Francis Presides Over Pope Benedict's Funeral
To the sound of tolling bells, 12 pallbearers carried the wooden coffin of Pope Benedict out of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday and placed it before thousands of faithful gathered in the square for his funeral.
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Thousands Gather In Rome To Celebrate Mother Teresa's Canonisation Today
All roads, it seems, are leading to the Vatican today. From US, Japan, Uganda, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, Portugal and of course India.
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Visitors To Rome For Mother Teresa Sainthood To Get Taste Of Kolkata
When lakhs of people will gather in Vatican City this September to watch the historic ceremony of granting sainthood to Mother Teresa, a group of Kolkatans will hold photo exhibitions in Rome inviting visitors to the city where the late nun worked.
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Vatican Synod Ends with Opening to Divorcees, No Change on Homesexuality
Roman Catholic bishops agreed on Saturday to a qualified opening toward divorcees who have remarried outside the Church but rejected calls for more welcoming language towards homosexuals.
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In Ecuador, Pope Francis Appeals for More Inclusive Church
Pope Francis used his first Mass in Ecuador on Monday to ask for support in his efforts to reach out to Catholics who feel shunned by the Church when the world's bishops gather at the Vatican in October.
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Two Popes Attend Gathering of Wise and Wrinkled at the Vatican
Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican on Sunday, where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as "hidden euthanasia".
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Huge crowd gathers for historic canonisation of two popes
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world converged on St. Peter's Square on Sunday to attend the sainthood ceremony of Pope John XXIII and John Paul II, two giants of the Catholic Church in the 20th century.
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Pope Francis: the man who won over the world in five minutes
Never has a leader of the Roman Catholic Church become as popular in as short a time as Pope Francis did when he humbly asked the crowd gathered in St Peter's Square on March 13 last year to pray for him.
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Cardinals head to conclave, Church beset by woes
Roman Catholic cardinals gather under the gaze of Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" on Tuesday to elect a new pope to tackle the daunting problems facing the 1.2-billion-member Church.
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Huge crowd in St Peter's Square for pope's last audience
A huge crowd gathered in St Peter's Square on Wednesday to bid goodbye to Pope Benedict the day before he becomes the first pontiff in some six centuries to step down.
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Crowds gather for Pope Benedict XVI's Sunday blessing
Crowds are gathering in St. Peter's Square for Pope Benedict XVI's first Sunday window blessing since his retirement announcement, and the second-to-last before he leaves the papacy.
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Pope Francis Presides Over Pope Benedict's Funeral
To the sound of tolling bells, 12 pallbearers carried the wooden coffin of Pope Benedict out of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday and placed it before thousands of faithful gathered in the square for his funeral.
-
Thousands Gather In Rome To Celebrate Mother Teresa's Canonisation Today
All roads, it seems, are leading to the Vatican today. From US, Japan, Uganda, Pakistan, New Zealand, Australia, Portugal and of course India.
-
Visitors To Rome For Mother Teresa Sainthood To Get Taste Of Kolkata
When lakhs of people will gather in Vatican City this September to watch the historic ceremony of granting sainthood to Mother Teresa, a group of Kolkatans will hold photo exhibitions in Rome inviting visitors to the city where the late nun worked.
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Vatican Synod Ends with Opening to Divorcees, No Change on Homesexuality
Roman Catholic bishops agreed on Saturday to a qualified opening toward divorcees who have remarried outside the Church but rejected calls for more welcoming language towards homosexuals.
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In Ecuador, Pope Francis Appeals for More Inclusive Church
Pope Francis used his first Mass in Ecuador on Monday to ask for support in his efforts to reach out to Catholics who feel shunned by the Church when the world's bishops gather at the Vatican in October.
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Two Popes Attend Gathering of Wise and Wrinkled at the Vatican
Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican on Sunday, where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as "hidden euthanasia".
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Huge crowd gathers for historic canonisation of two popes
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world converged on St. Peter's Square on Sunday to attend the sainthood ceremony of Pope John XXIII and John Paul II, two giants of the Catholic Church in the 20th century.
-
Pope Francis: the man who won over the world in five minutes
Never has a leader of the Roman Catholic Church become as popular in as short a time as Pope Francis did when he humbly asked the crowd gathered in St Peter's Square on March 13 last year to pray for him.
-
Cardinals head to conclave, Church beset by woes
Roman Catholic cardinals gather under the gaze of Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" on Tuesday to elect a new pope to tackle the daunting problems facing the 1.2-billion-member Church.
-
Huge crowd in St Peter's Square for pope's last audience
A huge crowd gathered in St Peter's Square on Wednesday to bid goodbye to Pope Benedict the day before he becomes the first pontiff in some six centuries to step down.
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Crowds gather for Pope Benedict XVI's Sunday blessing
Crowds are gathering in St. Peter's Square for Pope Benedict XVI's first Sunday window blessing since his retirement announcement, and the second-to-last before he leaves the papacy.
