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Pope urges world leaders to give up the ‘cult of money’
Pope Francis on Thursday called on world leaders to put an end to the “cult of money” and to do more to help the poor, warning that insecurity was rising in many regions of the world and the “joy of life” was diminishing in developed countries. “The worship of the…
Biden heads to Rome for Pope’s inaugural mass
World leaders arrived in Rome ahead of an inauguration mass for Pope Francis who receives compatriot President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina on Monday in his first meeting with a head of state. The first pontiff from Latin America had testy relations with Kirchner when he was Buenos Aires’ archbishop, Jorge…
Pope Francis urges Catholics to pray for him
Pope Francis appeared before some 150,000 pilgrims massed in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for his first Angelus prayer and asked the faithful to pray for him. “Thank you for your welcome, and for your prayers,” the first pope from Latin America said from a window of the papal apartment…
Argentine grandmothers attack Pope over ‘Dirty War’ era
An Argentinian human rights group set up to find babies stolen during the country’s “Dirty War” on Friday accused newly elected Pope Francis of failing to speak out against the country’s former military rulers. The famous Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo organization, founded in 1977 to help locate children…
Vatican rejects Argentina junta ‘Dirty War’ claims against Pope Francis
The Vatican on Friday rejected claims that Pope Francis failed to do enough to protect two priests kidnapped and tortured by Argentina’s military junta and said he had in fact helped save lives. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first pope to hail from Latin America, has been criticised by leftist critics…
New pope same as the old pope: LGBT marriage and adoption rights ‘damage the family’
The Catholic Church may have a new pope but there his nothing new about his ideas when it comes to the rights of LGBT people. As Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Primate of Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who was named Pope Francis on Wednesday — has spoken out…
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