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AFP With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that – speculation. (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

Global Church News - Rabbi: From John XXIII to Francis, Catholic relations with Judaism have improved Oct 30, 2015 Fifty years ago the way the Catholic Church related with other religions changed forever when the Second Vatican Council declaration No... (confirmed by 4 sources) [2]

Card. Parolin's intense program for Russian trip Vatican City (AsiaNews) - The Vatican press office yesterday published the program of Card. Pietro Parolin’s appointments on his upcoming trip to Russia. [3]

New Bishop Ante Jozić thanks the Church in China, Hong Kong and Macau The episcopal ordination took place yesterday in Solin (Split, Croatia) led by Card Pietro Parolin. The ordination was postponed twice because of an accident and the pandemic. [4]

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing faces accusations of hypocrisy by sending fulsome condolences on the death of Pope Francis on Tuesday. [5]

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (C), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon, sprinkles holy water as he arrives for the memorial mass of Pope Francis at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 April 2025. [6]

AFP US Vice President JD Vance met with the Vatican’s second-highest official on Saturday, in which they discussed the thorny issue of refugees just two months after Pope Francis incurred the wrath of the White House after lambasting the new US admin... [7]

VATICAN CITY (AFP): With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that -- speculation. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-06 · 49% match

Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo amongst over a dozen potential successors to Pope Francis

AFP With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that – speculation.

[2] MM heraldmalaysia.com · 79% match

Global Church News

Global Church News - Rabbi: From John XXIII to Francis, Catholic relations with Judaism have improved Oct 30, 2015 Fifty years ago the way the Catholic Church related with other religions changed forever when the Second Vatican Council declaration No

[3] MM asianews.it · 75% match

Card. Parolin's intense program for Russian trip

Card. Parolin's intense program for Russian trip Vatican City (AsiaNews) - The Vatican press office yesterday published the program of Card. Pietro Parolin’s appointments on his upcoming trip to Russia.

[4] MM asianews.it · 71% match

New Bishop Ante Jozić thanks the Church in China, Hong Kong and Macau

New Bishop Ante Jozić thanks the Church in China, Hong Kong and Macau The episcopal ordination took place yesterday in Solin (Split, Croatia) led by Card Pietro Parolin. The ordination was postponed twice because of an accident and the pandemic.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-04-24 · 40% match

Myanmar Junta Boss Charged with Hypocrisy Over Pope Francis’ Death

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing faces accusations of hypocrisy by sending fulsome condolences on the death of Pope Francis on Tuesday.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-28 · 40% match

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (C), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon, sprinkles holy water as he arrives for the memorial mass of Pope Francis at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 April 2025.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-20 · 40% match

US Vice President Vance discusses migration during Vatican meeting with pope’s right-hand man

AFP US Vice President JD Vance met with the Vatican’s second-highest official on Saturday, in which they discussed the thorny issue of refugees just two months after Pope Francis incurred the wrath of the White House after lambasting the new US admin

[8] MM www.thestar.com.my · 49% match

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/05/05/16-potential-successors-to-pope-francis-myanmar-and-philippines039-candidates-are-the-listed-ones-from-asia

VATICAN CITY (AFP): With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that -- speculation.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-05 · 40% match

Hungarian PM Orban meets Pope, talks Ukraine with Vatican diplomats

This handout photograph taken and released on December 4, 2024 by The Vatican Media, shows Pope Francis (L) during a private audience with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) at the Vatican.

[10] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-10-08 · 40% match

Pope expresses sadness over loss of students and teachers in bus fire accident in Bangkok

VATICAN – Pope Francis has offered his condolences following the recent school bus fire that resulted in multiple fatalities on Bangkok roa

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