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Pope Francis gives a group of refugees some special attention by inviting them up onto the podium with him during his weekly general audience. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).
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
Pope Francis meets with the relatives of people held hostage by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners. Israel and Hamas have announced a deal on allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).