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# Pontiff

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# World Meeting of Families
Archbishop says Pope Francis' visit to Ireland will cost around €20 million
It is likely a visit to a prison will be part of Pope Francis’ itinerary when he comes to Ireland in August.
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Dec 18th 2017, 1:29 PM
# pope plans
Government officials to meet next week to get plans underway for Pope Francis visit
Phoenix Park is on course to host the Pontiff for his farewell Mass during his visit next August.
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Dec 10th 2017, 7:30 AM
# pope's letters
BBC doc claims John Paul II had 'intense friendship' with married woman
His letters point to intense feelings between the pontiff and the Polish writer.
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Feb 15th 2016, 10:41 AM
# holiday abroad
The Pope spent eight weeks in Ireland learning English
A rumoured visit in 2018 won’t be Jorge Bergoglio’s first visit to these shores.
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Sep 28th 2015, 8:02 PM
# Death Penalty
The Pope brought up some controversial topics with US politicians today
He gave his views on the death penalty and immigration, amongst other issues.
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Sep 24th 2015, 6:42 PM
# meet me for a pizza
Irish priest calls for bishops to be handed 'P45s' in open letter to Pope
“We have made such a mess here that it is difficult to know where to begin,” Fr Joe McDonald writes of the Church’s approach to sexuality.
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Jun 11th 2015, 7:59 AM
# Naples
Pope set to dine with gay and transgender inmates at a prison in Italy
This will happen during his visit to the Giuseppe Salvia Detention Centre.
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Mar 20th 2015, 6:18 PM
# increasingly frank
Not having children a "selfish" act, says the Pope
It’s the latest in a series of candid pronouncements from the pontiff.
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Feb 13th 2015, 7:12 AM
# increasingly frank
Pope says smacking children is okay -- as long as their dignity is maintained
Pope Francis said a good father should be able to “correct with firmness”.
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Feb 6th 2015, 7:21 AM
# an audience with
Our new Vatican envoy has invited the Pope to Ireland (again)
Ireland’s new Vatican ambassador was accredited today, three years after the State closed its embassy.
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Nov 11th 2014, 7:32 PM
# paper pontiff
John Paul II was so popular in the 1980s, he even had a dress-doll book dedicated to him...
You might still find this gem lurking on a bookshelf in your parents’ house…
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Apr 27th 2014, 10:15 AM
# pope on a rope
Pope Francis has been washing people's feet ... again
The Pope washed the feet of a dozen elderly and disabled people during a ceremony in Rome.
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Apr 17th 2014, 7:00 PM
# To be Frank
Pope Francis is selling out (in Irish bookstores)
‘Evangelii Gaudium’ — written solely by the Pope — has been flying off the shelves since its publication late last year.
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Mar 19th 2014, 7:00 AM
# one year in office
How would you rate Pope Francis' first year in office?
The pontiff took up the role on this date last year.
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Mar 13th 2014, 6:15 AM
# pope francis
Sunderland's newest fan may not be welcome in Newcastle for a while
If the Pope is infallible, does that mean we should all support the Black Cats?
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Oct 27th 2013, 1:30 PM
# Home Sweet Home
Benedict to move back to the Vatican, two months after resignation
The Pope Emeritus is likely to return to the Vatican on Thursday, a spokesman for the Holy See said.
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Apr 30th 2013, 6:55 AM
# habemus statue
Photos: Giant statue of Pope John Paul II unveiled in Poland
It’s almost 14 metres high, made out of fibreglass, and weighs five tonnes.
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Apr 15th 2013, 2:15 PM
# New Job
Pope Francis presides over his first Good Friday ceremony
The pope has attended the Passion of Christ in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum later tonight.
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Mar 29th 2013, 5:09 PM
Voices
Column: Get 'white smoked' for the top job
Trying to move up the corporate ladder is always a competitive process – use professional social networking to help yourself stand out, writes Robert Mac Giolla Phadrig.
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Mar 23rd 2013, 1:00 PM
# Ex Benedict
Cardinals begin process of arranging conclave to elect new pope
The tweets from the @pontifex Twitter account have been removed, with the account dormant awaiting a new pontiff.
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Mar 1st 2013, 11:32 AM
# Ex Benedict
Benedict XVI formally steps down as leader of Catholic Church
Cardinals will now meet to elect a successor, while the 85-year-old former Joseph Ratzinger will be known as ‘Pope Emeritus’.
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Feb 28th 2013, 7:10 PM
# pontifex
10 most annoying replies the Pope got on Twitter
Did @Pontifex really quit because he kept getting sass tweets?
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Feb 28th 2013, 12:31 PM
# All over
Last day: Benedict XVI's papal powers expire at 7pm tonight
The pontiff will depart the Vatican later today to spend the next few months at the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo before he returns to the Vatican permanently to live a life of prayer and academic research.
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Feb 28th 2013, 8:03 AM
# The Pope
In pictures: From Cardinal Ratzinger to Pope Benedict XVI
The life and times of the 265th Pope.
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Feb 11th 2013, 12:44 PM
# Not coming
Pope Benedict will not attend Eucharistic Congress in Dublin
The news was confirmed as the Pope appointed a Cardinal as his personal Legate to the event in June.
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Apr 7th 2012, 12:25 PM