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Colombian rapping nun to meet Pope Francis
Among the Colombians eager to greet Pope Francis on Wednesday is a nun who will rap the official hymn welcoming the pontiff.
Maria Valentina de los Angeles will sing at the pope's Mass on Thursday in Colombia's capital,...
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Santos unveils Popemobile, memorabilia for papal visit
Colombia has unveiled a newly designed Popemobile as part of preparations for Pope Francis' visit to the country in September.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos inspected the new vehicle during a ceremony in Bogota on...
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Guam Catholics attend Sunday Mass
Guam's Catholic faithful attended Sunday Mass after several days of dramatic rhetoric between the US and North Korea.
There hasn't been any widespread anxiety among Guam residents, even after Pyongyang vowed to complete a...
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Venezuela to vie for Pope's attention in Colombia
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Santos unveils Popemobile, memorabilia for papal visit
Colombia has unveiled a newly designed Popemobile as part of preparations for Pope Francis' visit to the country in September.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos inspected the new vehicle during a ceremony in Bogota on...
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Archbishop: Pope has been 'voice of reason' amid NKorea tension
Pope Francis is seeking to defuse rising nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula and boost support for disarmament efforts with a high-level Vatican conference that brings together 11 Nobel Peace prize winners, UN and NATO officials and...
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Crane sets Christmas tree in St Peter's Square
Using a large crane, workers hoisted a 21-metre (68-foot) Christmas tree from Poland into position at the centre of Saint Peter's Square on Thursday morning.
The tree, a spruce, arrived from the Mazury region of Poland...
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AP analysis: clerical sex abuse cases increase dramatically in Argentina
Karen Maydana recently returned to the Argentine church and adjacent school where she alleges she was sexually abused by a local priest.
Maydana says she was nine years old when Father Carlos Jose fondled her at a church...
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Peru Catholics venerate Lord of the Miracles in procession
Every October hundreds of thousands of people pour into Lima's streets to venerate a 17th century rendering of Jesus Christ, called the Lord of the Miracles, credited with everything from curing illness to protecting this coastal city...
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Sex Abuse Victims Blast Deceased Boston Cardinal
A Boston lawyer who has represented dozens of people who say they were abused by priests calls the late Cardinal Bernard Law "an example of the immorality of the Catholic Church" for shielding clergy.
Mitchell Garabedian...
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Pope speaks to thousands of young people in Chile
Pope Francis received a warm welcome from thousands of young Catholics at the Maipu sanctuary in Santiago, Chile Wednesday.
The Pope told his young audience that they were needed and not to "loose the connection" with what...
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Pilgrims react to Catalonia's declaration of independence
Hundreds of Spanish pilgrims attended the Pope's audience in St. Peter's square on Wednesday, sharing mixed reactions to Spain's political situation with regard to Catalonia's independence bid.
"I would put Puigdemont in...
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Joy, angst over pope visit to Chile's Mapuche region
When Pope Francis visits the de facto capital of Chile's Mapuche people, he will be inserting himself into one of Latin America's longest-running conflicts involving indigenous populations and one that periodically erupts in violence.
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Anti-paedophilia banner on Pope's route on his last day in Lima
The controversy over Pope Francis' accusations of slander against victims of Chile's most notorious paedophile priest has followed him to Peru.
A banner hanging from a building near the Lima church where Francis prayed on...
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Met Gala Opens With a Heavenly Exhibit
MET GALA OPENS WITH A HEAVENLY EXHIBIT
The new Costume Institute exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Heavenly Bodies," makes it debut as the centerpiece of Monday's star-studded Met Gala.
Tiaras...
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Pope to Gay Man: 'God Made You Like This'
Juan Carlos Cruz, the main whistleblower in Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal, said Monday Pope Francis told him "God loves you that way. God made you that way."
Cruz says he spoke for several hours with Pope Francis...
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Tiny Catholic community in Dhaka prepares to welcome pope
The tiny Catholic community in Muslim-majority Bangladesh is getting ready to welcome Pope Francis to Dhaka, hoping the visit will highlight peace and solidarity among all faiths amid threats to religious minorities from radical Islamic...
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ONLY ON AP Chaldean leader laments exodus of Iraq's Christians
The number of Iraqi Christians has steadily dwindled in recent times causing consternation among Christian leaders.
The head of Iraq's Chaldean Church, Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, has told The Associated Press that...
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MOFA comments on Kin Jong Un's recent trip
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday offered scant details into a recent visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Kim's visit to Beijing was shrouded in secrecy, but spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday that Kim and...
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China says bishop selection does not breach religious rights
China on Tuesday said that restricting the Vatican's control over the appointment of bishops does not infringe upon Chinese believers' religious freedom.
The remark during a State Council briefing comes as Beijing and the...
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Chile sex abuse whistleblower recounts meeting with Pope Francis
Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gays feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.
In an...
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Met Gala Opens With a Heavenly Exhibit
The new Costume Institute exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Heavenly Bodies," makes it debut as the centerpiece of Monday's star-studded Met Gala.
Tiaras encrusted with thousands of diamonds, emeralds and rubies....
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Arrests made as Catholics stage DACA protest on Capitol Hill
About 200 Catholic nuns, priests and lay people held a demonstration of civil disobedience on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
About forty of them were arrested as they sang and prayed in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office...
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Reaction from Vatican official who championed Romero sainthood
The Vatican official who spearheaded the case for the canonisation of Archbishop Oscar Romero has said he hopes Romero and former Pope Paul VI will be declared saints in a joint ceremony during a Bishop's synod in October, giving "great...