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Pope Francis, ex-Pope Benedict get COVID-19 vaccine - Vatican

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 14 09:41 PM

(UPDATED) Both Pope Francis and ex Pope Benedict have received the first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday. Read more »

Instagram influencers on vaccine priority list in wary Indonesia

Stanley Widianto and Kate Lamb, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 07:40 PM

Among the first in the queue for coronavirus vaccines in Indonesia has been one conspicuous group - social media influencers. Read more »

Pope Francis changes Church law to enshrine roles for women

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 02:38 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in another step towards greater equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church, on Monday changed its law to formally codify their roles as altar servers, distributors of communion and readers at liturgies. Read more »

Pope Francis' doctor dies from coronavirus complication: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 10:42 PM

The personal doctor of Pope Francis has died due to complications from the novel coronavirus, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) said quoting a Vatican newspaper.    Read more »

Pope Francis, speaking of US Capitol assault, condemns people working against democracy

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 09:02 AM

Pope Francis said on Saturday people working against democracy must be condemned whoever they are, and lessons should be learned from this week's attack on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.   Read more »

Pope, Queen Elizabeth join vaccine drive as UK tops 3 million cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 07:39 AM

Pope Francis and Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Saturday became the latest high-profile figures to join the global vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, as the UK reported it had surpassed more than 3 million cases since the pandemic began more than a year ago. Read more »

Pope Francis criticizes people going on holiday to flee COVID lockdowns

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 03 11:33 PM

(UPDATE) Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others. Read more »

Football: Pope calls Maradona a fragile poet, decries doping cheats

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 11:58 PM

In a wide-ranging interview with a Italian sports daily published on Saturday, Francis recalled his own days playing football as a child with a ball made of rags. Read more »

Vatican to begin vaccinations second half of January

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 10:08 PM

No mention was made in the short press release about Pope Francis and when the 84-year-old pontiff will receive a vaccine.    Read more »

Pope Francis reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New Year message

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 01 09:50 PM

Pope Francis reappeared on Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church's New Year services, and made no mention of his ailment as he delivered his traditional appeal for world peace. Read more »

Pope will not lead new year services, as leg pain flares up

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 09:03 PM

It was the first time in years that Francis, who turned 84 this month, has had to skip a papal event for health reasons. Read more »

2020 Yearender: Top world stories other than COVID-19

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 01:17 PM

MANILA -- Here’s a look back at stories that made headlines and captured the interests of news.abs-cbn.com readers here and abroad other than COVID-19. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 02:39 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis ipinagdasal ang mga biktima ng bagyo, sakuna sa Pilipinas

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 10:17 PM

Sa kanyang "Urbi et Orbi", ipinagdasal ni Pope Francis ang mga biktima ng bagyo at mga sakuna sa Pilipinas, at iba pang bansa sa Southeast Asia. Read more »

In Christmas message curbed by COVID, Pope calls on nations to share vaccines

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 26 12:54 AM

Pope Francis called in his Christmas message on Friday for nations to share COVID-19 vaccines, saying walls of nationalism could not be built to stop a pandemic that knows no borders. Read more »

With the people in spirit

Vatican Media, via Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 12:03 PM

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve mass with only a few faithful able to participate due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations in order to stop a rise in infections, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Read more »

Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 08:36 AM

Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made somber by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said people should feel obliged to help the needy because Jesus himself was born a poor outcast. Read more »

Pope promises to visit Lebanon, South Sudan as soon as possible

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 24 11:45 PM

Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 12:14 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis holds weekly general audience

Handout, Vatican media via Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 08:35 PM

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Wednesday.  Read more »