Pope Francis begins his pastoral visit to Venice at the Giudecca Women’s Prison, where he tells female inmates that he very much wanted to meet them to tell them they hold a special place in his heart.

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Addressing artists in the Giudecca's women's prison facility in Venice, Pope Francis invites everyone to imagine a world where no human being is considered a stranger.

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As the Italian city of Venice welcomes Pope Francis on Sunday morning, our correspondent, Deborah Castellano Lubov, offers us a look ahead at the Pope’s scheduled events on the sidelines of the Venice Art Biennale.

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An event at the Marconi Museum inside the Vatican on Saturday celebrates 150 years since the birth of the man who set up Vatican Radio. Present, alongside the Prefect and directors of the Dicastery for Communications, were also Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, and Guglielmo Marconi’s grandson.

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British troops could be positioned on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new maritime route.

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Pope Francis meets the community of the Seminary of Burgos, Spain, and urges it to fill Spain’s depopulated rural areas with God by freeing themselves from “false human securities.”

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On the eve of Pope Francis’ pastoral visit to Venice, Archbishop Francesco Moraglia reflects on the significance of his meeting with inmates at the city’s Giudecca prison, “a place of expiation and rebirth, but also a place of art” as it hosts the Holy See’s Pavilion at the Contemporary Art Biennale.

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Pope Francis meets with participants in an event promoted by the Great Age Foundation, and says intergenerational love has the power to transform society and impart wisdom.

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Reports on Israeli television suggest Israel is expected to begin evacuating civilians from Rafah ahead of a planned ground attack.

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Pope Francis will take part in the upcoming G7 session on Artificial Intelligence under Italy’s presidency of the group.

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