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Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home

ROME — A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope that the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations would work together to bring the remaining hostages home. The freed ...

Pope Francis Meets With Former Hostages Held by Hamas in Gaza

Pope Francis expressed hope that both the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations will collaborate to secure the return of those still held captive.

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Pope meets Israeli citizens freed from captivity in Gaza

Pope Francis gestures as he shakes hands with Yelena Troufanov, who was part of a delegation of Israelis who were freed after being held hostage in Gaza, during a meeting at the Vatican Nov. 14, 2024. Yelena was freed last November, but her son, Alexander, 29, is still being held hostage. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Pope meets with Israeli hostages freed by Hamas

Pope Francis welcomes freedIsraeli hostages to the Vatican:: November 14, 2024:: Vatican CityAmong the freed hostages, Pope Francis met Yelena Troufanov, whose husband was killed during the October 7 attack.

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Vatican’s Christmas tree plan sparks uproar: Petition urges Pope Francis to save centuries-old fir trees

A shocking decision to chop down ancient fir trees for Christmas has sparked outrage. Find out why thousands are demanding ...

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Pope Francis Wants to Save the Environment. He Can Start With a Tree.

Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

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Devotion to Mary Leads People to Jesus, to Helping Others, Pope Says

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to ...

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Pope: Church venerates Christian martyrs from all denominations

Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their ...

Ousted Texas bishop attacks Pope Francis, warns US bishops

Later, the bishop opined himself that Pope Francis was supporting an "attack on the sacred" coming out of the Vatican.

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'I pray for your people,' says Pope Francis to families of hostages who visit Vatican

The delegation was led by the Hostage Family Forum, the Foreign Ministry, Israeli embassies in Rome and the Vatican, the ...

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Vatican revisits mysterious disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

Italian media report new developments concerning a mysterious case of a 15-year-old girl missing for many years. Vatican City ...

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Pope Francis to Have Sunday Lunch With 1,300 Guests On World Day of the Poor

Since establishing the World Day of the Poor in 2016, the Pope has held the annual tradition of welcoming Rome’s poor into ...

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Pope Francis moves part of Vatican library and archive to Rome seminary

The pope declared that part of the archives and library be moved to a building on extraterritorial Vatican property at the ...

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Vatican's unsolved mystery: The enduring search for Orlandi

The next reigning pope, Francis, also commented on the case. He told the family of the missing girl that she "is in ...

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