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Pope Francis pour cold water on Trump’s Mideast peace plan
BARI, Italy: Pope Francis warned against “inequitable solutions”, to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only be a prelude to new crises, in an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace proposal, yesterday. Francis made his comments
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Pope apologizes for ‘bad example’ of slapping arm of pilgrim who tugged him
Pope Francis apologized yesterday for having angrily slapped a woman’s arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him toward her, saying he had lost his patience and set a “bad example”. His unusual apology came after
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Pope to conservatives: Embrace changes in Church
Pope Francis appealed to conservatives yesterday not to be bound by the status quo as he opened an assembly of bishops to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church in the Amazon, including the possibility of introducing married priests.
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Pope Francis leads Catholics into Easter with vigil Mass
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Easter at a vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday night, urging the faithful to live not for transient things like wealth and success but for God.
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