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Pope on Myanmar: Houses of worship serve as neutral refuge
World
June 20, 2021
Pope on Myanmar: Houses of worship serve as neutral refuge
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday decried the suffering of refugees in Myanmar and pleaded that houses of…
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
World
June 13, 2021
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern…
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
World
June 1, 2021
Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests…
Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer
Middle East
May 30, 2021
Pope invites Lebanese Christians to Vatican for peace prayer
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has invited representatives of Lebanon’s Christian community to the Vatican on July 1 for…
Do not give in to evil and division, Pope tells Myanmar community
World
May 16, 2021
Do not give in to evil and division, Pope tells Myanmar community
The people of Myanmar must not despair in the face of evil or allow themselves to be divided, Pope Francis…
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
World
April 5, 2021
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and…
Pope decries shame of racism, like ‘virus’ lurking in wait
World
March 21, 2021
Pope decries shame of racism, like ‘virus’ lurking in wait
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and…
Vatican ambassador to visit Hurghada for 3 days
Egypt
March 9, 2021
Vatican ambassador to visit Hurghada for 3 days
The Catholic Church in the Red Sea, headed by Father Youanas Adib, announced that the Vatican ambassador in Egypt, Nicholas…
Photos: Dozens of Muslims and Christians alike receive Vatican ambassador in Minya
Egypt
March 8, 2021
Photos: Dozens of Muslims and Christians alike receive Vatican ambassador in Minya
Dozens of Muslims and Christians on Sunday welcomed the ambassador of the Vatican State in Egypt, Archbishop Nicholas Henry with…
Vatican defends pope’s Iraq trip amid virus as ‘act of love’
Middle East
March 3, 2021
Vatican defends pope’s Iraq trip amid virus as ‘act of love’
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican defended Pope Francis’ decision to go ahead with his trip to Iraq this weekend…