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    World Love In The Air: Pope Marries Couple On Papal Plane In Chile (Photo) – Tori News

    The global leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has married a couple inside a plane as he flew from Chile. via Tori News – http://ift.tt/2FTr9Ps Get more World News
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    World Pope Francis hit by object thrown from crowd before Mass in Chile (VIDEO) – RT International

    Pope Francis was struck by what appears to have been an item of clothing or a towel as he greeted crowds from the popemobile on his way to an open-air Mass in Chile’s capital, Santiago, on Wednesday. via RT International – http://ift.tt/2mFjTOm Get more World News
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    World Pope Francis Begs For Forgiveness After Sex Abuse Incidents - AP News

    Pope Francis begged for forgiveness Tuesday for the "irreparable damage" done to children who were raped and molested by priests, opening his visit to Chile by diving head-first into a scandal that has greatly hurt the Catholic Church’s credibility here and cast a cloud over his visit. via...
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    World Pope Francis under pressure to confront sex abuse in Chile – More Top Stories – Google News

    SANTIAGO, Chile – Pope Francis will be under pressure Tuesday to confront a priest sex abuse scandal during his first full day in Chile, an Andean nation where the majority identifies as Roman Catholic but strong currents of skepticism and even contempt for the church … via More Top Stories –...
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    Pope Francis Describes How The Devil Really Looks Like [Pulse.ng]

    The Pontiff wants people to know about Satan and his devilish ways. During a recent interview on TV2000, a Catholic channel, the Catholic leader warned people not to argue with Satan because he is more intelligent than human beings. He said, “He is evil, he’s not like mist. He’s not a diffuse...
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    World Head Of The Catholic Church Pope Francis Set To Edit 'The Lord's Prayer'

    Pope Francis has sought to change the ‘Our Lord’s’ prayer in the bible. The pope said that the Roman Catholic Church should adopt a better translation of the phrase “lead us not into temptation” in the “Our Father”, the best known prayer in Christianity. “That is not a good translation,” the...
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    Politics Dogara Receives Anointing From Pope Francis In Rome [See PHOTOS]

    In what looks like anointing, Yakubu Dogara, speaker house of representative, met with Pope Francis at Saint Peters Square, Vatican, Rome. The media office of the speaker released the pictures on Thursday morning. See photos:
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    World Pope Francis Gets $237,000 Lamborghini As Gift, To Auction It For Charity

    Lamborghini gave Pope Francis a personalised white supercar on Wednesday, but he put it up for auction to raise money for charity rather than give up his trademark popemobile. The Huracan sports car, which boasts a 610 metric horsepower, was blessed by the pontiff, who bent to scrawl his...
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    World Catholic Church: Pope Francis Involved In Accident, Suffers Minor Injuries [SEE PHOTOS]

    Head of the Catholic churhc, Pope Francis suffered an automobile accident during a Sunday procession through the Colombian city of Cartegana on Sunday. He was left with a blackened eye a blood splattered all over his white gown The 80-year-old collided with the glass frame of the vehicle when...
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    World Why The Pope Must Apologise To Us - Canadian Prime Minister

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a request for Pope Francis to say sorry for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children were abused. The PM met the pontiff at the Vatican on Monday as part of his trip to Italy for the G7 summit. The...
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    World I May Die Before 2019 – Pope Francis

    Pope Francis has told young people they are the future even if he may be not around to see it. The octogenarian pontiff talked about his mortality during a vigil at St. Mary Major basilica for the next World Youth Day (WYD) wherein he called on the youth to rally enthusiasm for the occasion. He...
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    World Pope Francis Apologizes For 1994 Rwanda Genocide

    Pope Francis today asked for forgiveness for the "sins and failings of the Church and its members" during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. According to The Jerusalem Post, in a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Francis said he hoped his apology would help promote peace in the African...
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    World Catholic Church May Consider Making Married Men Priests, Says Pope Francis

    Pope Francis has said he is willing to consider ordaining older married men as priests in isolated communities, but has ruled out making celibacy optional to tackle a shortage of clergy. The shortage has prompted calls from some progressives to end the ancient tradition of celibacy for Roman...
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    World Catholic Church May Ordain Married Men - Pope Francis

    Pope Francis has said that the church may consider ordaining married men due to shortage of priests. ''We must think about whether viri probati are a possibility," Francis said referring to older, married men who are already involved in church business. "Then we have to decide what tasks...
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    World Catholics Worldwide Begin 40-Day Lenten Season March 1

    Catholics all over the world will on Wednesday mark the 2017 Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of the 40-day Lenten Season. Msgr. Gabriel Osu, the Director of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Osu, the...
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    World Six Australian Archbishops Face Probe Over Child Sex Abuse

    Six of Australia’s archbishops will be questioned by the country’s powerful royal commission as part of an investigation into widespread sexual abuse of children in Catholic churches and institutions, the commission announced on Friday. The public hearing will begin in Sydney on Monday as part...
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    Politics Nigeria's Oil Minister Kachikwu Meets Pope Francis [PHOTO]

    Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday was received by Pope Francis in Rome this week.
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    World Pope Francis Warns Against Populism - Hitler Was Elected By His People

    Pope Francis has issued a warning against Hitler-like leaders coming to power on wave of populism. Speaking with Spanish newspaper, El Pais as Trump was been sworn in, the Pope said, “Crises provoke fear, alarm. In my opinion, the most common example of European populism is Germany in 1933...
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    World Pope Francis Congratulates President Trump

    Pope Francis has congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration. A special message from the Pope to President Trump read, ''Upon your inauguration as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America, ''I offer you my cordial good wishes and the assurance of my prayers...
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    World Anja Loven: Woman Who Saved Nigerian 'Witch-Child' Is 2016 World's Most Inspiring Person

    Remember this child in the photo (below)? - a 2-year old boy who was cast out by his own community in Nigeria for being a witch-child. The boy, now named Hope, was found emaciated and riddled with worms after being forced to live off scraps thrown to him by passersby for eight months. He was...
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