Pope Francis heads to Brazil to say mass on Copacabana beach
This is his first trip abroad since becoming pontiff.
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This is his first trip abroad since becoming pontiff.
Pope Benedict XVI urges the 1.5 million attending the festival in Madrid not to “keep Christ to yourselves”.
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Patron saint of Spanish clergy gets the nod for one of Vatican’s highest honours in the hope that his example will “enlighten all priests”, says Benedict at World Youth Day Mass.
Protesters chanted “Nothing for the Pope from my taxes” in a demonstration against the cost of the papal trip.
A Mexican student studying in Spain has been arrested on suspicion of planning to attack people demonstrating against Pope Benedict’s visit to Madrid.
Translation and interpretation issues plague Vatican-sanctioned catechism book.