Pope advised not to give Sunday blessing from hospital balcony
Prayer will instead be said in his suite after chief surgeon says Francis should avoid strain on abdomen Pope Francis’s recovery from surgery is going...
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Former Andalucían bar confirmed as lost medieval synagogue
City of Utrera’s mayor heralds ‘extraordinary’ proof that building is part of legacy of Spain’s exiled Jews Archaeologists in the Andalucían city of Utrera have...
Vatican expels ‘rebel nuns’ for refusing to leave Italian monastery
Two nuns told they ‘disobeyed the church’ by trying to stay at seven-centuries-old site in Ravello The Vatican has expelled two cloistered sisters from the...
Turkey condemns burning of Qur’an during far-right protest in Sweden
Event in front of Turkish embassy will further inflame tensions between two countries Turkey has condemned a demonstration involving the burning of Qur’ans in Sweden...
Benedict XVI funeral draws estimated 100,000 Catholics to St Peter’s Square
National leaders and royals among those gathered to see Pope Francis bury his predecessor An estimated 100,000 Catholics descended on St Peter’s Square for the...
Ex-pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95 – latest tributes and reaction
Vatican announces pope emeritus to lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica from Monday after passing away on Saturday morning Benedict XVI’s life in pictures...
Pope Francis orders Parthenon marbles held by Vatican be returned to Greece
Three 2,500-year-old pieces will be ‘donated’ to Greece’s Archbishop Ieronymos II amid wider conversation about future of Parthenon marbles held by Britain Pope Francis has...
