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Covid-19 case confirmed in pope's Vatican residence
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Covid-19 case confirmed in pope's Vatican residence

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Pope denies audience with Pompeo; Vatican warns against playing politics over China

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds the first weekly general audience to readmit the public since the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in the San Damaso courtyard, at the Vatican, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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Pope to travel outside Rome for first time since coronavirus pandemic

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019. Picture taken September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
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Pope calls for dialogue between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Nile dam

Pope Francis holds a palm branch as he leads the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica without public participation due to the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the Vatican on April 5, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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On Earth Day, pope says nature will not forgive our trespasses

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis is pictured at St. Peter's Square during an extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing - normally given only at Christmas and Easter - as a response to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Vatican, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool/File Photo
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Pope backs UN chief's call for global ceasefire to focus on coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis coughs as he leads the weekly Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 1, 2020. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
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Pope cancels main appearances in public to avoid crowds gathering amid coronavirus

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
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Pope to endorse principles on AI ethics with Microsoft, IBM

Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the Basilica of Saint Nicholas in the southern Italian coastal city of Bari, Italy February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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Pope appears to give thumbs down to Trump's Mideast peace plan

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference after a Normandy-format summit in Paris, France December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Pool/File Photo
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Ukraine's president asks pope to help win release of prisoners of war

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
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Pope asks Catholics to say 'Never Again' to the Holocaust

Pope Francis meets Iraqi President Barham Salih at the Vatican, January 25, 2020. Domenico Stinellis/Pool via REUTERS
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Pope backs Iraqi call for its sovereignty to be respected

The Custodian of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton holds a wooden relic reputed to be part of Jesus's manger, upon arrival at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
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A relic of Jesus' manger, Christmas gift from the pope to Bethlehem