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Pope Francis accepts invitation to visit Israel, urges peace talks
POPE Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks and make "courageous decisions" to bring peace after his first meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres on Tuesday and accepted an invitation to visit the Holy Land.
10 facts about Pope Francis
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, one of five children born to an Italian railway worker and his wife
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected pope, takes name Pope Francis
THE cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church broke Europe’s millennium-long stranglehold on the papacy and astonished the Catholic world Wednesday, electing Jesuit Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the 266th pope.
Official text of Pope Francis’ first speech to the world
THE following is the Vatican's official English translation of Pope Francis' speech "Urbi et Orbi" delivered in Italian from the central balcony of St....
The Irish predicament: Popeless and hopeless!
The chances of an Irish pope in the 21st century are remote, confirms Belfast native and Jesuit priest Oliver P. Rafferty, who is also a history professor at Boston College.
Pope Benedict laid to rest
Pope Francis presided over his funeral with the Gospel reading for his homily taken from Luke 23:46, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95
Bells rang out from Munich cathedral and a single bell was heard ringing from St Peter's Square in Rome after the death was announced.
Power of the resurrection of Jesus changed the world: Pope
“The primacy of Grace,” concludes the Pope, “does not lead to passivity, on the contrary, it increases energy a hundredfold and increases sensitivity to injustice”.
Pope appoints Bishop Felix Toppo as archbishop of Ranchi
The Pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, who was the Ranchi archbishop for the past 34 years.
Pope okays cremation, but will Indian Catholics take to it?
In urban India, land is becoming more and more precious; the government does not find it easy to allot additional space for burial grounds. The problem is compounded because by and large, it is the minority communities who bury the dead.
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