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British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson turns out to be descended from a mummified woman in Switzerland.

After criticizing his remarks about a case of abuse in South America, Pope Francis apologized for his choice of words. He made a mistake when he said last week in Chile that there was 'no evidence' against the Chilean bishop Juan Barros, the Catholic church chief said Monday.

Pope Francis has married two lovers during a flight between two Chilean cities. They asked the church prince for his blessing, on which Francis proposed to go a step further.

Pope Francis will visit the Turkish president Erdogan for the first time this month. The Holy See announced that the Turkish leader will attend the Audience in Vatican City on February 5th.

On his visit to Chile, Pope Francis regretted the sexual abuse of children by priests in the South American country on Tuesday.

Pope Francis has sketched a sombre picture of the past year during a service in St. Peter's Basilica. He stated that 2017 is marred by violence, lies and injustice. The church prince called on people to take responsibility for their actions.

At least nine people were killed on Friday by an attack on a Coptic church south of Cairo. Two archers opened fire according to sources at the prayer house. There would be three police officers among the victims.

A church community from the English Langford offers her humble apologies because the word 'Anus' can be read on her bus. The word can only be read when the sliding door of the bus is open.

Two men from the American Falls Church were arrested last week because they had stolen a car. One of the two perpetrators, Wilmer Lara Garcia, wore a shirt with the text 'Trust me' when he was picked up.

A meter-high penis on the side of a building in New York has led to so much consternation among local residents that the painting is overpainted.

In the crisis area in eastern Ukraine, a start was made on the exchange of prisoners on Wednesday. The Kyiv government and the pro-Russian separatists had agreed, according to Patriarch Kirill of Orthodox Church Christmas Day. The border crossing Majorsk was according to the media the scene of the exchange.

An activist with bare torso has tried to steal the baby Jesus from a large nativity scene on St. Peter's Square. The police could prevent the woman from actually taking the picture.

Pope Francis has argued in his Christmas message for a two-state solution to put an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The church prince expressed from the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica the hope that the parties could settle their disputes peacefully.

The Ukrainian government and separatist insurgents have agreed to exchange prisoners on Wednesday. Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church announced this after conversations with the leaders of the so-called People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Pope Francis asked during the Mass on Christmas Eve to show sympathy with persecuted people driven from their homes. These should be received with open arms. 'Behind the steps of Mary and Joseph are many steps hidden. We see the footprints of entire families, who are forced to leave their homes today, 'said the prince of the church against the thousands of believers in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

In the Iraqi city of Mosul, Christians celebrate Christmas for the first time in four years. Now that Islamic State has been driven out, people are cautiously trying to pick up their lives again.

Cardinal Bernard Law, who had to retire at the end of 2002 as Archbishop of Boston after a major abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, died on Monday at the age of 86.

Due to a suicide attack on a Protestant church in Pakistani Quetta, at least eight people were killed and more than forty wounded on Sunday. According to the local authorities four offenders were involved in the attack, but only one terrorist managed to reach the entrance of the church and blew himself up.

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has been under construction for 135 years. It is still unclear when the basilica will be completed, but with a bit of luck this will have to happen at the end of next decade.

Tens of thousands of Australians have been abused during their childhood. This is evident from a large national investigation into child abuse, of which the final report was presented on Friday. In it more than four hundred recommendations are made.

Watch out for the power of evil. 'The devil is not something diffuse, he is a person. Once you start talking to him, you are lost. He is more intelligent than we are. 'Pope Francis used these words in an interview with the Italian television channel Tv2000.

The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt refused a request from the American Vice President Mike Pence to come to the audience. Because of all the tumult around the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, it seems better to the Coptic church not to receive Pence.

Johnny Hallyday will be honored on Saturday in Paris. The family takes it big, in consultation with the president: his coffin is driven over the Champs-Élysées and Emmanuel Macron comes to speak for a speech.

The probable tomb of Jesus Christ, below the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, does not originate from the time of the crusaders, but dates from around 345 AD and is therefore much older than was thought. National Geographic reports this Tuesday afternoon on the basis of research by scientists in and under the burial chapel in the church.

Pope Francis has met with the Myanmar army leader Min Aung Hlaing. The men talked for a quarter of an hour in a cathedral in Yangon and exchanged gifts.

Pope Francis landed in Myanmar on Monday morning. This is the first visit of a Catholic church leader to the Southeast Asian country, which is predominantly Buddhist.

With his arrival in Myanmar on Monday, the first visit of a Catholic church leader to the Southeast Asian country begins for Pope Francis. The highlight is a meeting between the Argentinian and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and de facto Head of Government of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi.

The US Federal Police FBI was flooded on Friday with more than 200,000 check requests for the purchase of firearms, a new daily record, the agency reported Saturday.

According to the police in the American Tellico Plains, two people were accidentally shot at a church during a discussion about the recent shooting in a church in Texas.

Pope Franciscus, known for his modest intrusion, has rejected an overdone gift from Italian sports car manufacturer Lamborghini. According to the Vatican, the leader of the Catholic Church received a special production of the Hurucan model on Wednesday.