Pope Francis, ex-Pope Benedict both get COVID-19 vaccine

By Reuters,

Both Pope Francis and ex Pope Benedict have received the first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday. The 84-year-old...

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Good riddance 2020. Hello 2021: Fireworks light deserted streets

By Reuters,

Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year th...

coronavirus , new year address

Ethiopian forces capture town, move toward Tigrayan capital

By Reuters,

The Ethiopian military has seized control of the town of Wikro, 50 km (30 miles) north of the Tigrayan capital, a senior official said on Friday. T...

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Football world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesd...

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Fight against COVID-19 and commerce top the agenda as Uhuru meets Italian counterpart

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta today paid a courtesy call on his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella at his Quirinal Palace in Rome. President Kenyatta...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Kenyatta meets Pope Francis at start of official visit to Vatican

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his official visit to the State of the Vatican City on Friday with a meeting with his host His Holiness Pope Franc...

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COVID-19 case confirmed in Pope Francis’ Vatican residence

By Reuters,

A man living in the same Vatican residence as Pope Francis has tested positive for COVID-19 and gone into isolation, the Vatican said on Saturday. Th...

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Churches, mosques and schools instructed to provide sanitisation apparatus

By Rene Oswere,

The first coronavirus case in Kenya has triggered a more intense reaction from the government with public gatherings banned until further notice. T...

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Pope Francis slaps woman’s hand to free himself – VIDEO

By CNN,

Pope Francis was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Tuesday when he slapped a woman's hand to free himself. The pope w...

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Keitany- What Pope Francis told me

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Veteran athlete Mary Keitany has expressed her joy after meeting with the head of  the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, at the Vatican City in Rome, It...

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Pope Francis washes feet of prisoners at Holy service

By Reuters,

Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 prisoners on Thursday at a traditional service, telling them to shun any inmate hierarchy structure or l...

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Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild

By Reuters,

A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world. Firefighters howe...

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Pope names first African-American to highest U.S. post

By Reuters,

Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church’s most senior U.S. position on Thursday, seeking to end a period of upheaval in...

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Pope: Church should admit history of abuse of women, male domination

By Reuters,

Pope Francis said on Tuesday the Catholic Church had to acknowledge a history of male domination and sexual abuse of women and children and repair its...

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Pope Francis turns down resignation of French cardinal in sex abuse cover-up

By Reuters,

Philippe Barbarin, the French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted of failing to report sexual abuse charges, said on Tuesday that Pope Francis had turne...

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Pope calls abusive clergy ‘tools of Satan’

By CNN,

Pope Francis, speaking on the final day of a historic summit on clergy sexual abuse, called priests and other Catholics who abuse children "tools of S...

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Sister Veronica Openibo, just read the riot act to Catholic bishops over clergy sex abuse

By CNN,

Sister Veronica Openibo, a Nigerian-born nun, is one of only three women to address an unprecedented Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse here in Rom...

Pope to sex abuse summit: ‘Transform this evil,’ faithful demand it

By VOA,

Pope Francis warned church leaders summoned Thursday to a landmark sex abuse prevention summit that the Catholic faithful are demanding more than just...

Catholic Church , Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle , Pope Francis , sex abuse

Salacious new book says homosexuality is rampant at the Vatican

By CNN,

Early in his salacious new book about homosexuality in the Vatican, the French journalist Frederic Martel asks a source to estimate the number of Vati...

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Tens of thousands attend first ever papal mass in Abu Dhabi

By Reuters,

Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass on Tuesday by Pope Francis, the first...

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