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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 ...
Pope Francis delivered his annual "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas message and blessing from the Vatican on Wednesday, calling for peace around the globe and an end to ongoing ...
The Pope also talked about “closeness to the Christian community in Lebanon, especially in the south, and to that in Syria, at this most delicate time” and for “the doors of dialogue and ...
Pastoral visits of Pope Francis. This is a list of pastoral visits of Pope Francis.His visit to the Philippines in January 2015 included the largest papal event in history with around 6–7 million attendees in his final Mass at Manila, surpassing the then-largest papal event at World Youth Day 1995 in the same venue twenty years earlier.
The meeting, made possible by the timing of both leaders' visits to the region, was announced a week in advance on 5 February 2016. [12] The meeting took place on 12 February 2016 in a VIP room at José Martí International Airport near Havana, Cuba. Francis arrived at 2 pm local time, and the two leaders embraced and kissed. [24]
On 24 May 2014, Pope Francis arrived in Jordan, at the start of a tour of the Middle East, "aiming to boost ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing an age-old rift within Christianity". [ 64 ] In a 2016 survey, Francis was viewed favorably by almost two-thirds of Jews, as well as majorities of Protestants and the irreligious; minorities of ...
Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a fresh call for peace through negotiation as he deplored the bloody conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, and once again limited his public speaking at his weekly ...
Pax Christi protesting the U.S. invasion of Iraq (Washington, D.C., March 2008).. Pax Christi (Latin for Peace of Christ) was established in France in March 1945 by Marthe Dortel-Claudot and Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas, after the Germans had been expelled from France but before the end of World War II in Europe.