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Pope Francis tweeted Friday "the future of our societies requires on the part of all, especially institutions, a concrete attention for life".

'I'm liking Italy,' says US president, who also has talks with Mattarella and Gentiloni.

German director Wim Wenders has made a documentary on Pope Francis in which the pontiff speaks to the audience, the SIR news agency said Friday.

Pope Francis on Monday urged nuns in the Vatican "not to join the prophets of doom, who have done so much damage to the Church and the consecrated life, don't give in to the temptation of drowsiness, like the Apostles in Gethsemane, or desperation".

Pope Francis on Friday said true doctrine is a unifying factor, contrary to ideology, in his morning homily at Mass in the Vatican's Santa Marta residence.

Pope Francis on Thursday told geneticists working to beat Huntington's Disease that no end, however noble, justifies destroying embryos.

The "most authentic" bonds are not broken by death, Pope Francis said Wednesday. "There are those who continue to love those who are not there any more," he said at his general audience.

Pope Francis has called on newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron not to forget the weakest members of society in a telegram, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

Pope Francis tweeted Monday that "in order to faithfully follow Jesus, we ask the grace to do so not in words but in deeds, and to have the patience to bear our cross".

Pope Francis tweeted Thursday, the eve of his visit to Fatima on the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary to the 'little shepherds': "with Mary, tomorrow in Fatima, pilgrim in hope and peace.

Mary is like all the "brave" mothers around the world today, Pope Francis told his weekly general audience Wednesday.

Pope Francis urged the faithful in his Tuesday morning homily at Mass in the Vatican's Santa Marta residence to "receive the Holy Spirit with docility!", Vatican Radio reported.

The Christian faith does not change but it is always in movement, Pope Francis said Monday. Faith must "discern the new" while saying no to "rigidity, immobility and closure," Francis said in his homily at a Mass at St Martha's House, the hostel he lives in.

Pope Francis said Friday that he was thinking about the suffering of people from war-torn Syria during an audience with members of the Pontifical Romanian College.

Pope Francis will receive US President Donald Trump on Wednesday May 24 at 08:30, the Vatican press office said Thursday. Trump will also meet Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin accompanied by Msgr Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States.

Pope Francis said during an audience with the Vatican's Secretariat for Communications Thursday that a dose of "good violence" is needed when carrying out reform.

Pope Francis talked about his two-day trip to Egypt last week during his general audience in St Peter's Square on Wednesday, saying the country represented hope. "Egypt has been a sign of hope, of refuge, of help, for us," he said.

Pope Francis tweeted Thursday "tomorrow I will travel to an Egypt of peace as a pilgrim of peace", on the eve of his two-day apostolic journey to Egypt.

Pope Francis spoke via video link to the TED 2017 conference in Vancouver, Canada, this year entitled "The Future You".

Pope Francis will not use an armoured car during his visit to Egypt later this week, Vatican Spokesman Greg Burke told reporters on Monday. "The pope will use a closed car to move around, but not an armoured one.