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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 10:30
CAIRO - The leader of Egypt's Coptic Christians has accused the country's president of "negligence" following deadly clashes outside the main cathedral in Cairo. Pope Tawadros II said Mohammed Morsi had failed to protect the building, where two people died after...Read More
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 11:18
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe took his family to the inauguration of Pope Francis at the Vatican recently. Mugabe has often been described as a “devout” Catholic. One would assume he met the costs of his trip. Even when invited, still...Read More
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Thursday, 21 March 2013 09:41
HARARE - The popular new head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, inaugurated his papacy on Tuesday with a rousing address calling for the defence of the weakest in society, saying that the alternative path was one of death and...Read More
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 15:19
ROME - The inauguration Mass for Pope Francis has been held in St Peter's Square in Rome, marking the start of his papacy. Francis earlier toured the square in an open-topped vehicle, descending to bless pilgrims behind the barriers. His homily...Read More
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:57
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the inaugural Mass of newly-elected Pope Francis. Mugabe is the subject of a travel ban by European nations to protest his human rights record in a decade of political and economic...Read More
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Thursday, 14 March 2013 11:03
ROME - The Roman Catholic church has a new pope. White smoke flowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican shortly after 6pm on Wednesday, signalling that one of the candidates for the pontificate had obtained the...Read More
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013 12:12
ROME -Cardinals gathered in Rome to elect the new Pope will begin voting later, with no clear frontrunner to take over as head of the Roman Catholic Church. The 115 cardinal-electors are attending a special Mass in St Peter's Basilica before...Read More
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Monday, 11 February 2013 14:32
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. He became Pope in 2005 following John Paul II's death. Resignations...Read More
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