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Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets Pope Francis I at the Vatican. (NNA)

Aoun Asks Pope to Support Lebanon on Regional, International Levels

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun continued on Thursday his official visit to the Vatican, where he held talks with Pope Francis I during which he asked the Pontiff to support Lebanon on the regional and international scenes. Discussions on the second day of his...

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Pope Francis waves to the faithful after celebrated his final Mass in Manila, on January 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Pope says Mass for huge Manila crowd, appeals for suffering children

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 18, 2015 | World

Manila, Reuters—Pope Francis said a huge open-air Mass for a rain-drenched crowd of millions in the Philippine capital on Sunday, after appealing to the world to “learn how to cry” over the plight of poor, hungry, homeless and abused children. City...

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Pope Francis (R) meeting with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI during the canonisation mass of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on St Peter’s square at the Vatican on April 27, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO)

Hundreds of thousands watch two popes become saints

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 27, 2014 | World

Vatican City, Reuters—Pope Francis proclaimed his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in front of more than half a million pilgrims on Sunday, hailing both as courageous men who withstood the tragedies of the 20th century. Cheers and applause rang out...

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Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the media at the Pope VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Michael Sohn

Pope Wants ‘Poor Church and Church For the Poor’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2013 | World

Vatican City, Reuters—Pope Francis, giving his clearest indication yet that he wants a more austere Catholic Church, said on Saturday that it should be poor and remember that its mission is to serve the poor. The pope made his comments in an audience with journalists,...