Tag: Pope Francis
Christian, Jewish leaders call for just distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
Religious groups have a critical role to make their voices heard in policy discussions concerning the distribution of vaccines
Pope Francis urges Christians to break cycle of hatred with love
Pope Francis said there are many “hidden saints, saints who are next-door ... who with little acts of love change history”
Full Text of Pope Francis’ 2020 ‘Urbi et Orbi Message’
‘The Child born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem was born for everyone: he is the son that God has given to the entire human family’
In Christmas message, Pope Francis calls on nations to share vaccines
Pope Francis also appeared to criticize people who have refused to wear masks because it violates their freedom
Pope promises to visit Lebanon, South Sudan, as soon as possible
Pope Francis singled out those two nations with Christmas Eve messages because of difficulties each has faced this year
Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed...
Pope Francis said people should feel obliged to help the needy because Jesus himself was born a poor outcast
The simplicity and humanity of Christmas can be an antidote to...
He also urged faithful not to make Christmas a sentimental, consumerist event
Papal Christmas, New Year moved indoors because of coronavirus
Papal events will be live streamed and broadcast on television
Pope Francis decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified
The judge, a devout Catholic, was gunned down after a Mafia hit squad ran his car off the road as he was driving on a Sicilian highway
Pope snubs Vatican’s sci-fi Nativity scene, directs visitors to others
Pope Francis also said the holy day that marks the birth of Jesus had been "kidnapped" by consumerism