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Pope Francis set for visit to Greece

Chantal Valery, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 10:34 AM

Pope Francis on Saturday flies into Greece for the first visit by a pontiff in two decades. Read more »

Pope Francis visits Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region

Vincenzo Pinto, AFP
Updated as of Mar 08 11:13 AM

Pope Francis blesses people as he arrives in the popemobile vehicle at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, on Sunday, in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. Read more »

Pope Francis visits Baghdad's Saint Joseph Cathedral

Sabah Arar, AFP
Posted at Mar 07 01:49 PM

Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad's Saint Joseph Cathedral on the second day of the first papal visit to Iraq on Saturday. Read more »

Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in God's name as 'greatest blasphemy'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 07 12:59 AM

(UPDATE 2) - Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday to condemn violence in the name of God as "the greatest blasphemy". Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 5, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:43 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister’s Press Office via AFP
Posted at Mar 05 08:55 PM

A picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office on Twitter shows Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi welcoming Francis at Baghdad Airport on Friday.  Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

Philip Pullella and John Davison, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 05 07:27 PM

Pope Francis headed to Iraq on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2013, and said he felt duty-bound to make the "emblematic" visit because the country had suffered so much for so long. Read more »

Pope urges fresh efforts for Fukushima victims

Catherine Marciano and Richard Carter, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 10:51 AM

The 82-year-old pontiff paid tribute to those who rushed to the assistance of the victims "with outpourings of prayers and material and financial aid." Read more »

Pope meets Thai Buddhist patriarch on visit promoting religious peace

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 21 03:30 PM

Pope Francis met with Thailand's supreme Buddhist patriarch on Thursday in a gilded Bangkok temple on the first full day of his Asia tour aimed at promoting religious harmony. Read more »

Small in numbers, Thai Catholics preserve centuries-old traditions

Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 08:01 PM

In overwhelmingly Buddhist Thailand, Catholics number just a little more than 380,000 in a country of more than 65 million. Read more »

Amid poverty and strife, Madagascar welcomes Pope Francis

Tsiresena Manjakahery, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 05:21 PM

True to his reputation as "pope of the poor", Francis began a visit to Madagascar, one of the world's most impoverished nations with a unique and threatened environment.    Read more »

Pinoy naatasan bilang coordinator sa Papal visit sa Mozambique

Rachel Salinel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 05:00 PM

MAPUTO, Mozambique - Isang Pilipino mula Tuguegarao sa Cagayan ang nabigyan ng malaking papel sa pagbisita ni Pope Francis sa Africa sa Setyembre 4 hangang 6. Read more »