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The Pope appoints two women to Vatican posts previously only ever held by men in Francis’s latest show of support for equality Pope Francis have appointed two women to posts previously held only by men One of them now have the right to vote in the all-male assemblies of bishops In 2020, Francis assigned six … Read more
Ailing Pope’s health forces him to miss Mass and suspend other events as the 84-year-old suffers ‘persistent pain’ blamed on sciatica The Vatican last week announced Pope Francis would miss three engagements He has sciatica, a nerve inflammation that affects the lower back and legs The same condition saw Francis skip two appearances for New … Read more
Pope Francis will receive Covid-19 jab this week and declares ‘without a vaccine you are playing with life’ Vatican City is preparing to vaccinate its 450 residents this week with Pfizer jab Pope Francis said it is an ‘ethical duty’ for everyone to get inoculated He has been in favour of vaccines despite misgivings among … Read more
Pope Francis reveals he will get Covid vaccine as early as next week and says opposition to jab is ‘suicidal denial’ Pope Francis, 84, will receive Covid vaccine as early as next week, he confirmed Pontiff had part of one lung removed as a younger man in his native Argentina Described people not getting the vaccination … Read more
Pope Francis appears for the first time since sciatica forced him to skip New Year Mass and wishes the world ‘peace and serenity’ Pope Francis led the traditional Angelus prayers in the Apostolic Palace ‘I send you all my best wishes for peace and serenity in the new year,’ he said Comes after the Pope skipped … Read more
Pope Francis, 84, is suffering with painful sciatica which has forced him to bow out of holding the Vatican prayer service tonight and New Year’s Day Mass Spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope won’t preside at service in St Peter’s Basilica He has suffered from the problem in the past but will deliver New Year’s blessing Sciatica can … Read more
Pope Francis urges countries to strive for peace as he leads just 200 masked faithful at an early evening Covid-restricted ‘midnight’ mass in St Peter’s Basilica Pope celebrated the mass in St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, on Christmas Eve Mostly employees of the state attended papal ceremony whilst wearing masks Mass was held at 7.30pm instead … Read more
The Pope orders Vatican to stop gossiping: Francis warns ‘idle chatter turns crisis into conflict’ Pope Francis warned his bureaucrats during his annual Christmas greeting today He urged the Vatican leaders to stop their gossipy and self-absorbed murmurs The idle chatter within the church could ‘turn crisis into conflicts’, the Pope said The Holy See has grappled … Read more
The UK has some of the world’s most picturesque cities, and there’s nothing like a lockdown to ramp up the desire to venture out and explore somewhere different. In the brief interim period between lockdowns we all flocked to our favourite parts of the country, whether that was the beach, the countryside, or heritage towns. … Read more
Francis Ford Coppola has made significant changes to his much-maligned 1990 film, The Godfather Part III. The 81-year-old filmmaker recently reedited the closing act of his mafia trilogy to create a new version of the film, titled Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, set for release on December 8. And critics already … Read more