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Papal conclave: Live blog – is there smoke yet? Yes.
All eyes on the Sistine Chapel chimney (Picture: BBC News) Following last month’s almost-unprecedented resignation of Benedict XVI, cardinals in the Vatican today elected a new Pope. The final debate...
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Father Dougal flattered by Pope campaign
Dougal was played by Ardal O’Hanlan in Father Ted (Picture: Channel 4) Father Ted character Dougal McGuire has spoken out about calls for him to become the next representative of God on Earth. A...
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Gallery: Pope Francis I elected new pope in the Vatican
Pope Francis I (Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, from Argentina) has been elected as the new Pope. White smoke billowed from the chimney atop of the Sistine Chapel earlier this evening to announce that...
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Pope Francis I: World should set off on path of love
Pope Francis I is the first Latin American to be elected pontiff (Picture: Getty) Pope Francis has made history by becoming the first Latin American to be elected pontiff. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio,...
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Pope Francis begins papacy with visit to Benedict XVI
Pope Francis appears at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica after being elected the 266th pope (Picture: AFP/Getty) Pope Francis is marking the first full day since he was elected by cardinals with a...
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New Pope Francis I outed as San Lorenzo season ticket holder
Give us a sign: Pope Francis is a big fan of Argentina’s San Lorenzo (Picture: AFP) The new Pope, Francis I, has been outed as a big football fan. The Argentinian, who was given the papal nod in Rome...
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Blessing the 100,000: Pope Francis appears for first Angelus prayer
Greetings: Pope Francis waves to the crowd before giving his first Angelus prayer (Picture: Getty Images) Pope Francis appeared before more than 100,000 people massed in St Peter’s Square, Vatican...
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Argentina’s president calls on Pope Francis to intervene over Falkland Islands
Argentinean president Cristina Kirchner meets Pope Francis in the Vatican (Picture: AFP/Getty) Pope Francis has been called on to intervene in the long-running dispute between Argentina and Britain...
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So you’re the Pope? Then I am Napoleon: Awkward phone call between...
Pope Francis I failed to convince a receptionist of his identity (Picture: AFP/Getty) He may be the new leader of 1.2billion Catholics, but that wasn’t enough for one doubting receptionist. Phoning the...
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Pope Francis formally begins papacy with inauguration Mass
A flag from Pope Francis’s native Argentina waves as he makes his way through St Peter’s Square (Picture: AP) Hundreds of thousands of people including princes, presidents, rabbis and faithful have...
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Gallery: Pope Francis I inauguration Mass March 19 2013
Hundreds of thousands of faithful and tourists have crowded into St Peter’s Square for the inauguration Mass of Pope Francis as his papacy formally begins. Onlookers in the Vatican will hear from the...
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Gallery: Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday celebrations
Pope Francis led a service from the Vatican as Christians around the world celebrate Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week. Thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter’s square to attend the...
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Pope Francis tells faithful to be young at heart in Palm Sunday Mass...
Pope Francis waves after leading his first mass of Holy Week as pontiff in front of thousands of faithful and clergy in St Peter’s Square (Picture: Getty) Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday...
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Gallery: Pope Francis delivers Easter Mass in St Peter’s Square
Pope Francis has delivered his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St Peter’s Square today, with tens of thousands of pilgrims, tourists and locals travelling to the Vatican to hear his address. The...
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Pope Francis calls for ‘decisive action’ against clerical sex abuse
Pope Francis has called for decisive action to tackle child abuse (Picture: Reuters) Pope Francis has called for ‘decisive action’ to root out sexual abuse of children by priests in the Catholic...
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Disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien to leave Scotland for ‘prayer and penance’
Cardinal Keith O’Brien has admitted ‘that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal’ (Picture: AP/Scott Campbell) Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who...
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Did Pope Francis perform exorcism on disabled boy in St Peter’s Square?
Pope Francis appears to perform an exorcism (Picture: PA) A video has emerged of Pope Francis reportedly performing an exorcism on a disabled boy in St Peter’s Square. The Pope was filmed shaking hands...
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Pope Francis tells atheists: Do good and we will meet one another
Message: Pope Francis said all people ‘have a duty to good’ in a homily (Picture: Origlia/Getty Images) Pope Francis has said people of all religions – and none at all – ‘have a duty to do good’. The...
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Pope Francis admits ‘gay lobby’ and ‘stream of corruption’ exist in the Vatican
Revelations: Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sunday (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) Pope Francis has reportedly admitted there is a ‘gay lobby’ as well as a ‘stream of corruption’ within the Vatican and...
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Pope Francis blesses thousands of bikers in Harley-Davidson celebration
Blessing: Pope Francis greets Harley-Davidson bikers from his open top car (picture: Reuters) The serenity of the Vatican was shattered when thousands of leather-clad bikers roared into town. But far...
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Vatican bank’s top two resign over fraud plot
The earlier allegations came before a court in Rome (Picture: AFP/Getty) The head of the Vatican bank and his deputy have resigned over an escalating fraud and corruption scandal that has led to the...
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