Papal Cyprus and Greece visit

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  Pope tells young people not to be couch potatoes

  Nov 29, 2019

  A video, recorded on a smartphone, offers words of encouragement to young people in Thailand who are gathered for a prayer vigil.

  
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  So close to ‘Khun Pa’

  Nov 29, 2019

  Tens of thousand Catholics — ethnic Chinese worshippers from the capital, Catholics from the provinces, colourfully attired faithful from remote hilltribe villages in the mountainous north — flocked to the open-air public Mass presided over by Pope Francis Nov 21.

  
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  Share joy, not rules, Pope tells Thai clergy, religious

  Nov 29, 2019

  In a large, predominantly Catholic village outside Bangkok, tens of thousands of people lined the roads and filled the grounds of a church complex to greet Pope Francis.

  
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  Keep the faith, Pope tells young Thai Catholics

  Nov 29, 2019

  Pope Francis called on Thailand’s young Catholics to be deeply rooted in their faith as he celebrated Mass at Bangkok’s Assumption Cathedral.

  
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  A survivor gives her account of the Hiroshima blast

  Nov 29, 2019

  Yoshiko Kajimoto, 88, who survived the Hiroshima blast, gave her testimony in front of the pope.

  
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  End arms race for nuke-free world

  Nov 29, 2019

  Pope Francis called for sustained efforts to end the resource-wasting arms race to create a world free of nuclear weapons as he visited the nuclear-bombed Japanese city of Nagasaki.

  
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  Vietnamese priest banned from flying to Tokyo

  Nov 29, 2019

  A well-known priest active in protecting the victims of environmental pollution and social injustice in northern Vietnam has been banned from attending Masses with Pope Francis on his visit to Japan.

  
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  Pope: Reverence for life, not profit, must determine use of nuclear power

  Nov 29, 2019

  While not adopting the Japanese bishops' opposition to nuclear power plants as his own, Pope Francis insisted the 2011 meltdown at the Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima raises serious questions.

  
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  Bishops struggle to put out fires across a Latin America ‘in flames’

  Nov 29, 2019

  On the way back from Thailand and Japan this week, Pope Francis turned his attention to upheaval in his home continent of Latin America, evocatively insisting that it’s currently in “flames,” largely due to what he called “weak governments” unable to bring peace.

  
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  Hibakusha: From the cruel memory of Hiroshima to the smile of Pope Francis

  Nov 29, 2019

  A survivor of the Hiroshima bomb expresses her gratitude to the pontiff for his visit, his words and his "smile".