St. Peter's Basilica

• Pope Francis condemns ‘darkness of war’ in Ukraine at Easter vigil service

  Pope Francis condemned the cruelty of the war in Ukraine on Saturday at an Easter vigil Mass he attended but at which he did not preside.

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  Apr 16, 2022
  
• Pope Francis elevates 13 new cardinals amid coronavirus pandemic

  Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals to the highest rank in the Catholic hierarchy on Saturday.

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  Nov 28, 2020
  
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• London police aim to keep youth warm for the winter with 4th annual Project Santa

  Project Santa launched Monday and will see officers hand out coats, hats, mitts, and other winter items at various schools over the next week, starting with Trafalgar P.S.

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  Dec 16, 2019
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• Diocese of London remembers John Sherlock, former Bishop and friend of Pope John Paul II

  The Diocese of London says retired Bishop John Sherlock passed away on Monday at the age of 93. 

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  Aug 13, 2019
• Italian police arrest Somali ISIS supporter for threatening to blow up St. Peter’s Basilica

  Italian police said on Monday they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to bomb churches in Italy, including St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

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  Dec 17, 2018
• Turkish President Erdogan calls Israeli PM Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’ as pair trade barbs

  Israel has defended the killing of 15 Palestinians during Friday's demonstration.

  World

  Apr 1, 2018
• Pope Francis baptizes Nigerian ‘migrant hero’ who disarmed Italian thief

  John Ogah, a formerly undocumented Nigerian migrant beggar, became a hero when he disarmed an Italian thief wielding a cleaver.

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  Mar 31, 2018
• New McDonald’s location inside Vatican City draws controversy

  Some clergy members are definitely not "lovin' it" after a McDonald's fast food franchise opened in the heart of the Vatican on December 30.

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  Jan 3, 2017
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• Pope celebrates Christmas Eve Mass, calls Iraqi refugees to offer solidarity

  Pope Francis is celebrating Christmas Eve with a late-night Mass in St. Peter's Basilica just days after excoriating his staff for a laundry list of sins.

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  Dec 24, 2014