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Pope Francis reacts to the floods in Ischia saying: "I pray for the victims, for those who are suffering and for all those who have intervened in the rescue efforts" after a landslide has killed one and left others missing in a small island of Italie. SOUNDBITE
Pope Francis arrives to cheering crowds at Lokomotiva Stadium in Kosice, Slovakia's second largest city. IMAGES
Pope Francis received Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan at the Santa Marta residence in Vatican City on Monday. The two men swapped books after their conversation, which centred on ways of connecting people across the world. The discussion revolved around how to use communication technologies to alleviate poverty, encourage a culture of encounter, and deliver a message of hope to those most in need.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, who on Saturday said he was suffering from bronchitis. IMAGES
Images show Pope Francis stepping onto the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to deliver his annual Christmas Day "Urbi and Orbi" mass. During his speech, he called for an end to "to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly". IMAGES
Recently recovered from a bout of ill-health, Pope Francis marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception with a ceremony on the Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, where he is greeted by a substantial crowd of well-wishers and worshippers. The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff offers a prayer to the Virgin Mary in front of the statue of the Mother of God near the Spanish Steps, an annual tradition on what is a bank holiday in largely Catholic Italy. IMAGES