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Pope Francis changes Church law on feet-washing Easter rite

Pope Francis is changing church law to correspond to his rule-breaking celebration of the Easter Week ritual of the washing of the feet. Vatican rules...

Pope pays tribute to Christian martyrs at Ugandan shrine

Pope Francis has paid his respects to Ugandan Christians who were burnt alive rather than renouncing their faith, the latest group of martyrs from...

Pope visits Nairobi slum to press case for adequate housing

Pope Francis is visiting a slum in Nairobi to press for adequate and dignified housing for society’s most marginal, especially in burgeoning megacities like...

Pope: Dialogue between Christians and Muslims ‘essential for peace’

Pope Francis told Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya they have no choice but to engage in dialogue to prevent the "barbarous" Islamic extremist...

Pope hails ’time of mercy’ as meeting of bishops ends

Pope Francis has celebrated a final mass to close out a historic meeting of bishops that, by a single vote, approved an important new...

Vatican denies Pope Francis brain tumour report

The Vatican has denied a report in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumour. A Vatican spokesman said the report...

Pope Francis begs forgiveness for ‘scandals’ hitting Vatican

Pope Francis is asking forgiveness for recent scandals that have hit Rome and the Vatican. The pope did not cite specific examples in his off-the-cuff...

Kentucky clerk jailed over gay marriage says Pope told her to ‘stay strong’

A county clerk who went to jail for defying court orders to issue same-sex marriage licences says she met briefly with the pope during...

Georgia’s only woman on death row is executed

After several denied appeals the US state of Georgia has executed its only female death row inmate despite appeals by her children and Pope...

Pope Francis welcomed by huge crowds for Philadelphia mass

Pope Francis has joined hundreds of thousands of the faithful for the last and biggest event of his six-day US visit – a mass...

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