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Pope Francis presides over the Good Friday Passion of the Lord service in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 29, 2024. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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Pope Francis skips Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum to protect health, Vatican says

Francis' agenda for the next two days consists of an Easter Vigil service on Saturday evening and an Easter Mass and the twice-annual "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and world) message...

FILE PHOTO: A document from archives on Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939-1958, containing the names of the people who have been executed during the Ardeatine massacre is displayed ahead of the full opening of the secret archives to scholars on March 2, at the Vatican, February 27,2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
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Letter shows Pope Pius XII probably knew about Holocaust early on

A Vatican trial of 10 people accused of financial crimes, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resumes after a chief judge ordered the prosecution to give the defence more access to evidence and to question defendants who were not given the right to speak earlier, at the Vatican, November 17, 2021. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Vatican court hears cardinal's secretly taped phone call with pope

Pope Francis leads a mass to ordain bishops at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, October 17, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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Pope condemns attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, following Amess stabbing

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary of Relations with States for The Holy See, addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Vatican hopes its pre-COP26 climate event will raise stakes in Glasgow

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Pope Francis appoints first woman to the Synod of Bishops

Visiting the Vatican City during pandemic
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Visiting the Vatican City during pandemic

Wilton D Gregory receives his biretta as he is appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, during a consistory ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, November 28, 2020. Fabio Frustaci/Pool via REUTERS
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Pope installs new cardinals, including first African-American

A resort in the Maldives. Photo: romaneau via Pixabay
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Neither of the two defendants has responded publicly to the accusations and the defence has not yet entered a formal plea. Photo: Reuters
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Vatican court hears graphic description of sexual abuse

Pope Francis arrives to St Peter's Square to deliver an extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing - normally given only at Christmas and Easter -, as a response to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Vatican, March 27, 2020/ Reuters
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Pope and closest aides do not have coronavirus: Vatican

Pope holds his first ever virtual general audience, amid Italy's coronavirus epidemic, at the Vatican, March 11, 2020. Vatican Media/­Handout via Reuters
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Papal Easter events to be held without faithful attending: Vatican

FILE PHOTO: People walk in Saint Peter's Square, after the Italian government decree to close schools, cinemas, and urge people to work from home and not stand closer than one metre to each other at the Vatican, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Vatican reports first case of coronavirus inside its walls