Pope Francis Current Events Part 4

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Pope Francis welcomed 160 children, many with physical, visual and cognitive disabilities, from the Sant'Alessio - Margherita di Savoia school in Rome, as well as some Ukrainian refugees, at the Vatican today, June 4:


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Pope Francis received Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania, Lindita Nikolla today, June 6:


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Pope Francis will visit L'Aquila in central Italy on August 28th and will visit the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila where Pope Celestine V is
buried.

Celestine V was the first Pope to abdicate.

 

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Pope Francis still confined to his wheelchair met with the Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, President of the Islamic seminaries of Iran at the Vatican today.

 

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Pope Francis received Yad Vashem (Institute for the Remembrance of the Shoah) President Dani Dayan and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala for audiences today, June 9:


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Here's a video from the audience with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

 

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Pope Francis received the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, today, June 10:


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Pope Francis received the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, today, June 10:

Here's a video from the meeting of Pope Francis & Ursula von der Leyen

 

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Today, June 11, Pope Francis received a delegation of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations and soldiers of the "Safe roads" operation with their families:


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Health Concerns for Pope Francis after the Vatican announced that next months planned visit to Africa has now been postponed.

 

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Pope Francis received Felix Bolanos Garcia, Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory of Spain, today, June 13:


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Pope Francis received Felix Bolanos Garcia, Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory of Spain, today, June 13:

Here's a video from that audience

 

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Pope Francis received the new ambassador from Chile to the Holy See

Ongoing ill health has meant that the Pope will not take part or lead the procession at this years Corpus Christi Mass.

 

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Pope Francis today met with the head of UN's disarmament office.

 

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Pope Francis received Michael Kretschmer, Minister President of Saxony (Germany), members of the Editorial Board of the theological journal "The Catholic School" and d Buddhist Delegation of the Sangha Assembly of Chetuphon, Thailand today, June 17:


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Today, June 18, Pope Francis received participants in the General Chapter of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus:


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Pope Francis met with the Brazilian bishops who presented him with an Indigenous headdress.

 

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The Pope's ongoing health issues continue to cause concern.

 

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Pope Francis attended the Festival of Families in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, on the first day of the World Meeting of Families today, June 22:


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Pope Francis received Raquel Pena, Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Friar John T. Dunlap, Lieutenant of Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, participants in the meeting promoted by the Pontifical International Marian Academy, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (DIA), and participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Reunion of Works for Aid to the Eastern Churches (R.O.A.C.O.) for audiences today, June 23:


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Today, June 24, Pope Francis received Iratxe García Pérez, President of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament and some members of the group, Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the ''International Fund for Agricultural Development'' (IFAD), Heinrich Timmerevers, Bishop of Dresden-Meissen, and Isaac Sacca, Grand Rabbi of the Sephardic Community of Buenos Aires for audiences:


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Pope Francis participated in a mass for the 'X World Meeting of Families' in Saint Peter's Square and received the Orionine family on the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Luigi Orione today, June 25:


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Pope Francis participated in a mass for the 'X World Meeting of Families' in Saint Peter's Square and received the Orionine family on the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Luigi Orione today, June 25:

Here's a video from today's Mass in Saint Peter's Square

 

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Pope Francis met members of the Neocatechumenal Way community today, June 24:


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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended Mass today at in St Peter’s Basilica and later met with Pope Francis.

 

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Pope Francis received a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople today, June 30:


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Pope Francis received John Aloysius, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, today, July 1:


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Pope Francis on 1st July received Elon Musk


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The Pope has has dismissed reports of his Papal renunciation in the near future and said he plans to visit Canada and possibly a visit to both Moscow and Kyiv.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0704/1308301-pope-francis/

 

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Pope Francis has appointed three women to the Dicastery for Bishops ,which oversee's the selection of new bishops.

1.Sr Yvonne Reungoat,nun from France.
2. Sr Rafaella Petrini,Italian Franciscan nun
3.Dr. Maria Lia Zervino, Argentinian laywoman