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14 May 2020 – The Vatican announces that Pope Francis is sending a donation to Lebanon for 400 scholarships in an expression of his concern for the country’s young people. Lebanon is experiencing a “severe crisis” that is robbing younger generations of hope. (Catholic News Agency) 7 May 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in ...
Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican met Monday with Pope Francis for a protocol visit, as signs emerged that the Vatican's Ukraine peace envoy could soon be undertaking a second mission to ...
The Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, also known as the Havana Declaration, was issued following the first meeting in February 2016 between Pope Francis, who, as the Bishop of Rome, is the pontiff of the Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), the largest of the Eastern Orthodox ...
The Holy See announced in May 2015 that Pope Francis would visit Bolivia in July 2015, as well as Ecuador and Paraguay. Before the visit, Bolivian President Evo Morales had confirmed that Pope Francis would meet with indigenous organizations on the sidelines of official functions. The pope was scheduled to be in Ecuador from 5–8 July, Bolivia ...
Pope Francis welcomed Russia's new ambassador to the Vatican on Monday and the envoy said the pontiff told him he was determined to forge ahead with his peace and humanitarian initiatives for Ukraine.
Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russia's president but had not received a reply. Pope says he wants to go to Moscow to meet Putin ...
The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev who is Russian Orthodox, [1] meeting Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City. Holy See–Russia relations partly reflect the larger Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church relations. After 1991, the Russian government started a dialogue with the Vatican.
Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy to the Holy See on Friday to relay his concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Moscow's ambassador, in an unprecedented departure from diplomatic ...