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The Notre-Dame cathedral in Île de la Cité, Paris, France, reopens and holds its first public mass five years after a structural fire damaged the building and destroyed its spire. French President Emmanuel Macron and dozens of world leaders attend the reopening ceremony.
2024-12-8

Albania begins its vaccination programme against COVID-19 with doses received from an undisclosed European Union country. Prime Minister Edi Rama is among the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-01-11

Pope Francis prays for victims of the earthquake in Albania and sends “heartfelt condolences” to Albanian President Ilir Meta. The quake's epicenter is less than 20 miles from Tirana, the country’s capital city, which has a population of 900,000. Additional earthquakes occurred in southern Bosnia and the Greek island of Crete.
2019-11-26

Thousands of students at the University of Tirana in Albania demonstrate against tuition fees. The government appeals for calm.
2018-12-11

Pope Francis pleads for peace in a Christmas Mass in the Vatican.
2016-12-25

Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican.
2016-09-4

Pope Francis urges President Shimon Peres of Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine to work for peace at an historic joint prayer meeting at the Vatican.
2014-06-8

Montenegro, Norway, Iceland and Albania join the list of countries supporting sanctions including asset freezings and travel bans directed at Russian individuals.
2014-04-11

Pope Francis presides at the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2013 at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach for a crowd estimated at 3-million.
2013-07-28

Hundreds of thousands of people attend the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis in Rome's Saint Peter's Square. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-europe-21839069 (BBC)] [http:--www.straitstimes.com-breaking-news-world-story-pope-francis-set-grandiose-inauguration-mass-20130319 (AFP via "Straits Times")]date=August 2019
2013-03-19