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06.12.2020 / 17:31

Pope: Christmas a sign of hope amid difficulties of pandemic

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.During his Sunday blessing, Francis noted that the Vatican's Christmas tree had gone up last week in St. Peter's Square, and that work is underway to build the life-size Nativity scene next to it.Pointing to the tree from his studio window over the square, Francis said such symbols of Christmas “are signs of hope, especially in this difficult period."He urged the faithful to recall the true meaning of Christmas — the birth of Jesus — and lend a hand to the neediest.

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Pope, with new cardinals, warns church against mediocrity

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, joined by the church’s newest cardinals in Mass on Sunday, warned against mediocrity as well as seeking out “godfathers” to promote one's own career. Eleven of the 13 new cardinals sat near the central altar of St.

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Maskless pope blames ‘this lady called COVID’ for distance

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy.Francis again eschewed a protective mask Wednesday even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen at the end of his audience. While the prelates wore masks throughout the hour-long audience, they took them off when they lined up to shake Francis’ hand and speak briefly with him one-on-one.A Vatican official who is a key member of Francis’ COVID-19 response commission, the Rev.

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Covid-19 case in Pope's Vatican residence

A man living in the same Vatican residence as Pope Francis has tested positive for Covid-19 and gone into isolation, the Vatican has revealed.

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Pope apologizes for keeping distance as virus cases spike

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis apologized to the faithful Wednesday for not being able to greet them and shake their hands as Italy posted a record spike in coronavirus infections that is threatening to once again spiral out of control.Instead of wading into the crowd to embrace the sick and kiss babies during his weekly general audience Wednesday, Francis walked in through a back door directly onto the stage to begin his catechism lesson. At 83 and with part of a lung removed when he was in his 20s due to illness, the pope would be at high-risk for COVID-19 complications.

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Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed 'like an orange’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Saturday issued an urgent call to action to defend the planet and help the poor in his second TED talk. The pontiff, known for his affinity for social media and technology, said in a videotaped message to a TED conference on climate change that the coronavirus pandemic had put a focus on the social-environmental challenge facing the globe.

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Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform: Pope

ROME: Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the “magic theories" of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solidarity and rejects war at all costs.Francis on Sunday laid out his vision for a post-COVID world by uniting the core elements of his social teachings into a new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti" (Brothers All), which was released on the feast day of his namesake, the peace-loving St. Francis of Assisi.The document draws its inspiration from the teachings of St.

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Pope set to make first trip since pandemic to saint's town

VATICAN CITY : Pope Francis is next month set to make what would be his first visit outside Rome since Italy was put under lockdown in early March when it became the first country in Europe to feel the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic.The pope is to journey to Assisi, the birthplace in the central Italian region of Umbria of his namesake saint, to sign an authoritative papal letter to clergy and faithful worldwide — a document known as an encyclical, the Vatican said Saturday.The encyclical is expected to stress the value of brotherly relations during and after the pandemic, a theme Francis evoked repeatedly during the pandemic.

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Pope Francis compares priests who defied pandemic safety measures to 'adolescents'

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis praised the “heroic service” of health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic, but also took a dig at some conservative priests who defied safety measures — calling their complaints over church closures “adolescent.”The pope made his comments June 20 at the Vatican while thanking doctors and nurses from the northern Italian region of Lombardy, which was the hardest-hit region in the one-time European epicenter of the pandemic.Lombardy has counted more than 92,000 of Italy’s 238,000 COVID-19 infections, and half of the country’s 34,600 death toll.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesThe pope noted that most priests were “obedient and creative” in remaining close

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Pope Francis urges aid to migrants and end to Libya fighting

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday urged political and military leaders in Libya to end their hostilities and called on the international community to take “to heart” the plight of migrants trapped in the lawless nation.During his weekly blessing overlooking St. Peter’s Square, the pontiff called for “an end to the violence” and a path toward “peace, stability and unity’’ in the country.He said thousands of migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people are “more vulnerable to forms of exploitation and violence.”“There is cruelty,” the pope said, departing from prepared remarks.

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The Latest: Pope singles out funeral home workers for prayer

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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Pope’s holy water booze joke video censored by Vatican after meeting Brit students

Footage of Pope Francis holding up a bottle of Scotch and calling it “the real water of life” after being gifted it by Scot students was cut by Vatican censors.

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Pope celebrates joy of Easter amid sorrow of virus, alone

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis and Catholics around the world marked a solitary Easter Sunday, forced to celebrate the most joyful day in the Christian calendar amid the sorrowful reminders of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pope hails priests, health workers as 'the saints next door'

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Holy Thursday hailed priests and medical staff who tend to the needs of COVID-19 patients as “the saints next door.”

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PALM SUNDAY: Pope celebrates without public in St. Peter's

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass without the public, since the traditional ceremony in St. Peter’s Square was scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Nick Pope set for transfer tug-of-war with 'Chelsea and Tottenham both after Burnley star'

Chelsea and Tottenham will reportedly battle it out to sign Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope in the summer.

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Emma Roberts shares throwback straps of 'little me' playing with doll and posing at riverbank

Emma Roberts was feeling nostalgic on Thursday.The 29-year-old niece of Julia Roberts fired up her Insta Stories to upload a couple of sweet childhood snaps of herself.In one black-and-white photograph 'LITTLE ME' could be seen sitting with a baby doll perched in her lap as she smiled for the camera. 'Little me': Emma Roberts fired up her Insta Stories to upload a couple of sweet childhood snaps of herself for Throwback ThursdayEmma, whose father is The Pope Of Greenwich Village actor Eric Roberts, shared that she 'always loved my dolls'.

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