After his half-day trip to Venice, the Vatican releases the itinerary for Pope Francis’ visit to Verona on 18 May

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Seems fitting that Pope Francis praised the art of Corita Kent in Venice, the city closely associated with Pope John XXIII, who opened the Second Vatican Council & whom Kent depicted in a print titled “Let the sun shine in”. Kent’s art had been condemned as blasphemous by one…

Pope Francis makes a landmark visit to the Venice #Biennale and proclaims that ‘the world needs artists.’

While there he went to a female prison & rehabilitated the reputation of a pioneering American nun artist, Corita Kent.

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Pope Francis: ' #Venice is one with the waters upon which it sits. Without the care and safeguarding of its natural environment, it might even cease to exist.'

#PopeFrancis in #Venice

A chair and about 1,500 young people waiting for Pope Francis at the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. His next stop after the Giudecca women's prison. #PopeFrancis #venicebiennale

Pope Francis greets inmates at the Giudecca female prison in Venice, which the Holy See has taken over for its #biennale pavilion.

Francis told the prisoners -- some of whom have been involved in the exhibition -- not to give up hope and that prison 'paradoxically' can mark the…

La presenza di #PapaFrancesco alla Biennale d’ #Arte di Venezia e quella alla sessione sull’Intelligenza artificiale #AI del G7 in Puglia possono essere considerate due facce della medesima medaglia. La Chiesa sente di essere chiamata non solamente a costruire i propri forum nei…

Pope Francis has met Chuck Robbins, the Chairman & CEO of the technology company Cisco, who is backing Vatican efforts for a more ethical approach to Artificial Intelligence led by Pontifical Academy Life.

Robbins today signed the “Rome Call for AI Ethics”

Pope Francis today met Senator Raphael Warnock Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock

Prior to the meeting Senator Warnock said he was looking forward to meeting the pope to “hear how he models his faith in the public square and how he uses it to build bridges.'

Pope Francis today: 'in a world where many people boast about saying what they think, the temperate person instead prefers to think about what they say'.

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Pope Francis warns against further escalations in the Middle East, calls on all nations to “take the side of peace” CNN

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Pope Francis makes a “heartfelt appeal” to stop any spiral of violence that risks dragging the Middle East into a greater conflict.

“No more war, no more attacks, no more violence! Yes to dialogue and yes to peace!”

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Pope Francis offers prayers for Sydney mall attack victims & first responders.

The pope pledged “his spiritual closeness to all affected by this senseless tragedy, especially those who are now mourning the loss of a loved one.”

#Sydney Attack #Sydney

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