Pope Francis kicks off a yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and Rome's patience
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to ...
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Pope's ring-kissing controversy not what it seems
Bettmann / Getty Under a watchful eye, John F Kennedy chose not to kiss the ring of Pope Paul VI In 1963, US President John F Kennedy, a Catholic, deliberately chose not to kiss the ring of Pope ...
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Pope Paul VI's Encyclical: "On the Development of Peoples"
This commonality of ideals and principles was perhaps articulated most effectively in an encyclical titled "On the Development of Peoples" disseminated by Pope Paul VI in 1967. In the late 1960s, when ...
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The blessing of the 'Bambinelli': From Pope Paul VI to artistic display
The traditional gathering of Roman oratories for the blessing of Baby Jesus figurines in the Vatican on Sunday, 22 December, ...