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Pope returns to Vatican after hospital discharge

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The Holy See announced that Pope Leo will say the Angelus from the Apostolic Palace above St Peter’s Square on Sunday. Pope Leo was discharged from hospital and returned to...

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The Middle Eastern art that made the Bayeux Tapestry

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The Middle Eastern art that made the Bayeux Tapestry

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A people’s tragedy: the northern rebellion of 1569 was brutally punished

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Persecuted and forgotten? Ancient Christian communities in north-east Syria after the US evacuation

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