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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 ...
Business and economy Equinor, a multinational oil company two-thirds owned by the government of Norway, rejected a group of environmental and climate change -related resolutions at its shareholders meeting. One of these called on Equinor to stop oil exploration in ecologically sensitive areas. (Reuters) The New York Stock Exchange is expected to partially reopen following Memorial Day. (Forbes ...
This is the list of meetings between the pope and the president of the United States. The first meeting between a pope and an incumbent U.S. president took place in the aftermath of World War I, January 1919, at the Vatican between Benedict XV and Woodrow Wilson. Altogether, there have been 32 meetings between six popes and 14 U.S. presidents ...
Pope Francis defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors, saying Monday the three-week conference was a ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis will meet with the leaders of the United States, Ukraine, France and India, among others, on the sidelines of the Group of 7 (G7) summit in Italy, the Vatican ...
Pope Francis said on Saturday that he hoped an upcoming global encounter at the Vatican would be a propitious time of unity and fraternity and not cause further polarisation in the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis announced the Synod on Synodality on March 7, 2020. [22] On 24 May 2019, Nathalie Becquart was appointed, along with four other women and one man, as consultor to the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church. It was the first time for women to be appointed to that position. [23]
The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions was held in Astana between 14 and 15 September 2022. [15] Pope Francis attended the 2022 event in person. [16] [17] According to Reuters, the Pope sought a meeting with Xi Jinping while both were in Kazakhstan but was declined. [17]