VOA News by Reuters VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at his weekly blessing, delivered from the official papal library instead of St. Peter’s Square because of the lockdown in […]readmore
Agence France-Presse CHICAGO — Patricia Gallagher Marchant was first abused by a priest who befriended her family when she was seven or eight years old. More than five decades later, the 61-year-old stood Wednesday in front of a throng of news cameras outside the downtown Chicago headquarters of the Catholic archdiocese in this sprawling American city, […]readmore
VOA News Pope Francis told hundreds of thousands of pilgrims Sunday in Krakow, Poland to «believe in a new humanity» that does not use borders as roadblocks and rejects hatred for each other. Francis addressed the congregants, who had traveled from all over the world, on a large field on the last of his five […]readmore
CAPITOL HILL—House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday Pope Francis’ address to Congress in September will be broadcast live on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. The pope has planned a nine-day visit to the U.S. and Cuba in September. He is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and celebrate Mass in Washington, New York […]readmore
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Limburg, Germany, Franz Peter Tebartz van Elst, known as the «Bishop of Bling». The Bishop said in a letter sent to the Pope, that he «was unable to lead his diocese». It was reported that the prelate will be relieved of their duties and will be reassigned […]readmore
«Please pray for me.» That brief message on his Twitter account was the only official event for Pope Francis in his first year at the helm of the Vatican. The absence of official events to celebrate the anniversary is interpreted by the correspondents at the Vatican as part of the trend of the first Latin […]readmore
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