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Pope Francis meets with Russian Orthodox Patriarch

Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to ever meet with the head of the the Russian Orthodox Church.

February 13, 2016
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Pope Francis brought happiness to the city of Tacloban, say survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.01:32
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Pope Francis visit to storm-ravaged Tacloban cut short by storm
January 19, 2015
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Pope Francis will immerse himself in some of Asia's most fervent Catholicism during a trip to the Philippines and Sri Lanka starting Tuesday, with millions of devotees set to turn out.01:12
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Millions to welcome Pope on trip to Philippines, Sri Lanka
January 12, 2015
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Filipino Catholics pray for Pope Francis
February 24, 2025
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Pope Francis tours one of the world's most remote areas
September 9, 2024
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Indonesia
Over 80,000 attend Pope’s mass in Indonesia
September 6, 2024
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Pope praises Indonesians for choosing children over pets
September 5, 2024
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Indonesian Catholics in tears as pope visits Jakarta
September 5, 2024
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Pope Francis on December 24, 2023, lamented that Jesus' message of peace was being drowned out by the "futile logic of war" in the very land where he was born, as the pontiff led the world's Roman...01:54
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Pope Francis laments 'futile' war in Holy Land on Christmas Eve
December 25, 2023
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Pope sends greetings to China during mass in Mongolia
September 4, 2023
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Thousands of Filipino Catholics attending church on Palm Sunday marked the beginning of Holy Week on April 2, 2023, by offering prayers for the health of Pope Francis as they presented palm fronds...01:53
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Palm Sunday prayers for Pope’s good health
April 3, 2023
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Tens of thousands of mourners have turned up to pay their last respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, who died on December 31, 2022, at the age of 95. Pope Francis presided over his funeral ceremony...01:43
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Thousands turn up for funeral mass of former pope Benedict XVI
January 6, 2023
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On board the papal plane to Rome, Pope Francis answered journalists' questions concerning China. He declined to weigh in on the upcoming trial of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, saying he did not...02:03
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Pope Francis in favour of dialogue with China
September 16, 2022
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Pope Francis on July 25, 2022 apologised to Canada's aboriginal community for the church's cooperation with a government policy to forcibly assimilate indigenous people with Christian society....03:17
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Pope Francis apologises to Canada's Indigenous people
July 26, 2022
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Pope Francis kissed a Ukrainian flag from the Ukrainian city of Bucha at the Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City, on April 6, 2022. He welcomed refugee children from Ukraine up to the stage at the...02:49
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Pope kisses Ukrainian flag
April 7, 2022
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Pope Francis appointed 13 new cardinals at a ceremony in the Vatican on November 28, 2020. One of them was Wilton Gregory, the first African-American to hold the position. Among the 13 new...01:49
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Pope Francis installs first African-American cardinal
November 30, 2020
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Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions after made remarks in an interview for the documentary film Francesco, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival on...02:42
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Pope endorses same-sex civil unions
October 22, 2020
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed Pope Francis’s remarks endorsing same-sex civil unions.  Guterres said on October 21, 2020, that the Pope's comments included in a new...01:11
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UN Secretary General welcomes Pope’s support of same-sex civil unions
October 22, 2020
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Pope Francis apologised for “losing patience” the day after a female devotee seized the pontiff’s hand and pulled him towards her as he greeted a crowd of pilgrims at the Vatican on New Year’s Eve....01:07
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Pope apologises for slapping woman’s hand
January 2, 2020
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Pope Francis made history by celebrating the beginning of Simbang Gabi, a series of traditional Filipino dawn masses in the build-up to Christmas, in Rome on December 15, 2019.02:07
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Pope Francis leads Filipino Simbang Gabi mass in Rome
December 16, 2019
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Pope Francis has left Thailand for Japan for the first papal visit there in almost 40 years. This is part of his 32nd Apostolic Journey that includes a family reunion in Bangkok and takes his anti...02:56
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Pope visits Japan for first time in 38 years
November 25, 2019
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Pope Francis uses a traditional pre-Easter ceremony to condemn the Brussels attackers as well as arms manufacturers and traffickers for what he says is their partial responsibility for Tuesday's...01:31
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Pope: Arms makers partly to blame in Brussels
March 25, 2016
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