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Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Wednesday called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and has killed tens of thousands.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... Elsewhere in his Christmas message, the pope called for peace across the Middle East, saying the ...
Pope Francis called for an end to global wars and divisiveness in his annual Christmas Day message, given Wednesday. “This Christmas, at the beginning of the Jubilee Year, I invite every ...
Optatissima pax is an encyclical of Pope Pius XII on prescribing public prayers for social and world peace given at Rome, at St. Peter's, the 18th day of December in the year 1947, the ninth of his pontificate. Two years after World War II, peace still is in uncertain balance.
Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war” buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old ...
Pope Francis used his speech in St. Peter’s Square to address suffering around the world, including Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Venezuela and South Sudan. Pope offers hope against darkness in ...
The Pope mentioned the numerous refugees who lived in exile and even in concentration camps, [1] and asks for more systematic efforts to allow those people a life in peace. The encyclical, however, makes no mention of Israel. The Pope’s main concern was for the holy places in the region.
The term Urbi et Orbi evolved from the consciousness of the ancient Roman Empire.The invocation is expressed by the pope in his capacity as both the bishop of Rome (urbs = city; urbi the corresponding dative form; compare: urban) and the head of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world (orbis = earth; orbi the corresponding dative form; compare: orbit).