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Money and war positions are given more importance than human life itself,” the pope said. Pope Francis engages in dialogue with young Ukrainians on Feb. 1, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) ...

Best known for kung fu, the monks are the custodians of Zen Buddhism in China. The meeting with the pontiff comes a few days after their temple in Henan held a world conference on meditation and ...

"The meeting plan has been finalized by the protocol of the Holy See of the Vatican," said Basarah in his written statement, Saturday, February 1, 2025. Megawati is in the same forum as Pope Francis.

Pope Francis ... did not meet the conditions required to make it valid according to Church law. Pope Francis blesses a baby during a meeting with the Roman Rota in the Vatican’s Clementine ...

The fifth President of the Republic of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri (center), accompanied by her daughter who is also the Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani (right) ...

It began on Christmas Eve and will run until January 6 next year, with millions of pilgrims visiting Rome and Vatican City to ... the King and Queen will meet Pope Francis, the head of the ...

(ANTARA/HO-PDIP/pri.) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Megawati Soekarnoputri, Indonesia's fifth president, is scheduled to hold a special meeting with Pope Francis during the World Leaders' Summit on Children's ...

Pope Francis has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick snapped, but he avoided falling VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis tripped ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick snapped, but he avoided falling. The 88-year-old ...