
Pope lands in East Timor for first papal visit since independence
Pope Francis arrived Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass on the third stop of a gruelling 12-day…
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Pope Francis arrived Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass on the third stop of a gruelling 12-day…
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An estimated 98 percent of Papua New Guineans are Christian and about 25 percent are Catholic.
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The Philippines has made history by launching the Next Generation 911 (NG911) system, positioning itself as the first Southeast Asian country to implement this…
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The Next Generation Innovations competition serves as a platform that increases students’ access to top-notch academic opportunities on a global scale.
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Fifteen of the top high school basketball teams in the country will battle for pride and the P300,000 purse in the inaugural season of the Next Generation…
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Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow…
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Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who had repeatedly criticized his papacy, following concerns over the…
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Pope Francis on Wednesday called for all efforts to be made to avoid a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, and expressed concern at risk of a…
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Pope Francis on Sunday called for "peace in Israel and in Palestine", saying "terrorism and war do not lead to a solution".
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Pope Francis opened the Synod of Bishops' general assembly in Rome on Wednesday, which in a historic first gives women a vote, after a vast global consultation…
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Pope Francis on Saturday led tens of thousands of worshippers packed into a stadium for a mass in Marseille after earlier striding into a politically loaded…
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Pope Francis met on Monday with the new Russian ambassador to the Vatican, who said they discussed the pontiff's efforts to bring peace to Ukraine.
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Pope Francis said on Sunday he would create 21 new cardinals from across the world at the end of September.
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Former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages, died on 31 December at age 95,…
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Pope Francis said Wednesday that former pontiff Benedict XVI, 95, whose health has steadily been deteriorating, is "very ill" and he is praying for…
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Pope Francis on Tuesday removed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as president of the Catholic Church's worldwide charity arm Caritas Internationalis, along with its…
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President Bongbong Marcos on Thursday said the new Press Secretary will be named next week following the resignation of Trixie Cruz Angeles.
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Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the "monstrosities, the tortured bodies" found in war-torn Ukraine, in prayers after his weekly audience.
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