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Vatican News: Pope Francis on Human Dignity & Climate Activists Convicted & Madrid’s New Archbishop

In this week’s Vaticano Updates, we bring you the latest news from Pope Francis and the Vatican. The Pope recently spoke on the importance of treating others with dignity and respect, condemning the exploitation of individuals as objects. Meanwhile, Vatican judges convicted two climate activists for damaging an important statue in the Vatican Museums during a protest last year. Pope Francis also prayed with a relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux before undergoing abdominal surgery and took a stance against child labor on Twitter. Lastly, the Pope appointed José Cobo Cano as the new archbishop for Spain’s capital diocese of Madrid, succeeding Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra.

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