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Francis ‘moved’ by Angela Merkel’s words on western intervention – in fact said by Russian presidentPope Francis has criticised the west’s recent involvement in Afghanistan – inadvertently quoting Vladimir Putin in doing so.In a wide-ranging interview …
Read MoreCounty reports more than 400,000 new infections but experts suspect figures are gross underestimateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world…
Read MorePope addresses fewer than 200 people in St Peter’s; China and US take action against UK amid concerns about new variant; South Korea reports daily case record Staff at UK coronavirus testing lab hit by outbreakJohnson refuses to rule out national lockd…
Read MoreBeijing says pontiff’s remarks have ‘no factual basis’ despite evidence a million of the Muslim minority group are being held in campsChina has dismissed criticism of its treatment of Uighurs in a new book by Pope Francis in which he describes the “per…
Read MoreFrancis mentions plight of Muslim minority in China, alongside Rohingya and Yazidi, in new bookPope Francis has for the first time called China’s Muslim Uighurs a “persecuted” people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for year…
Read MorePope Francis reportedly declining to meet US secretary of state who says the Catholic church too soft on BeijingMike Pompeo will visit the Vatican to protest against the imminent renewal of a deal between the Catholic church and China, which the US sec…
Read MoreBeijing denies cover-up or delay, while countries easing lockdowns face spike in casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe number of confirmed deaths from coronavirus globally has topped 400,000, as the Chinese government rel…
Read MoreReligious authorities around the world limit contact and close places of worshipCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIranian police have dispersed crowds who forced their way into two popular shrines soon after they were closed b…
Read MorePontiff urges disarmament as he tours Japan’s atomic bomb sites and meets survivors of the 1945 attacksPope Francis has condemned the “unspeakable horror” of nuclear weapons during a visit to Nagasaki, one of two Japanese cities destroyed by American a…
Read MorePope Francis arrives in Bangkok to boost morale of tiny minority of Catholics and speak about human trafficking Continue reading…
Read MoreForeign Office-run trip thought to be first formal parliamentary visit to the disputed territoryThree MPs have made a secretive visit to the US military base on Diego Garcia and the Chagos Islands, it has emerged, in what is believed to be the first fo…
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