Pope Francis getting better, hospital treatment continues
Pope Francis’s health is improving after he was hospitalised with a respiratory infection and he has resumed working while treatment continues, the Vatican said on Thursday.
The pope was ...
Pope Francis says laws criminalising LGBT people are a ‘sin’ and an injustice
Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalising LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction.
Francis, who made his remarks ...
Pope Francis wraps up South Sudan trip, urges end of violence
Pope Francis urged the people of South Sudan on Sunday to resist the “venom of hatred” so they could achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years ...
Pope says wars like that in Ukraine are ‘crime against God and humanity’
Pope Francis on Monday said wars like the one in Ukraine where civilian areas are subjected to what he called indiscriminate destruction are “a crime against God and humanity”.
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Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican
Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death ...
World is starving for peace, Pope Francis says in Christmas message
Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was suffering from a “famine of peace”.
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Pope urges Israelis, Palestinians, to seek dialogue after surge in violence
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian authorities to make greater efforts to seek dialogue following recent deadly bomb attacks in Jerusalem and clashes in the occupied West Bank.
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Ukraine needs to be ‘far-sighted’ to secure peace, pope says
Ukraine’s leaders will have to be “far-sighted” to secure peace, Pope Francis said on Friday, suggesting that Kyiv would have to make concessions to end the war with Russia.
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Macron meets pope, discusses Ukraine with Vatican officials
French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis held talks on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and prospects for peace there expected to have been their main topic of discussion.
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President bids farewell to the pope
President Nicos Anastasiades met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday, telling reporters afterwards that it was a very fruitful meeting.
The president detailed that he is thankful for the ...
Pope begs Putin to end ‘spiral of violence and death’, cites nuclear threat
Pope Francis made an impassioned appeal on Sunday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop “this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying the crisis there was risking a ...
Pope will not meet Russian Orthodox patriarch during Kazakh visit -RIA
Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox church, who backs the war in Ukraine, will not meet when both men attend a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan ...
On last Canadian stop, Pope rallies Inuit youth to unite like a hockey team
Pope Francis, in his last speech on a six-day trip to Canada, delivered a message on Friday meant to inspire northern Inuit youth, including a reference to one of the ...
Pope cancels Africa trip, raising concerns for future mobility
Pope Francis’ trip to Africa next month has been cancelled because of the 85-year-old pontiff’s knee ailment, the Vatican said on Friday, raising questions about his ability to walk ...
2021 reviewed: Migrant plight was leitmotif of Pope’s visit
By Jonathan Shkurko
At the end of a 2021 still marred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Cyprus received a glimpse of hope represented by the visit of Pope Francis to the ...
Pope sends letter of thanks to Anastasiades
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday received a letter of thanks from Pope Francis, who expressed his gratitude for the welcome he received in Cyprus during December 2 to 4.
In his letter, ...
First group of migrants pope promised to resettle leave for Italy
Twelve migrants out of the 50 selected to settle in Italy under the protection of Pope Francis departed on Thursday morning, the interior ministry said.
The ministry thanked the pope for ...
Pope Francis to pray for peace and prosperity in Cyprus (Updated)
Pope Francis thanked Cyprus for its “warm welcome and hospitality” in a handwritten note after his departure on Saturday morning as he headed to Greece for the rest of his ...
Cyprus could be a ‘workshop of fraternity’, Pope says (updated)
Cyprus could be a ‘workshop of fraternity’, Pope says
By Jean Christou and Jonathan Shkurko
Pope Francis on Friday wished that Cyprus, an island “marked by a painful division” become ...
Stranded Cameroonians, prisoners among migrants returning with Pope
Among the 50 migrants that Pope Francis is taking back to Italy with him, are two Cameroonian students stuck in the buffer zone for the past six months as neither the ...
Police arrest man with knife, say unrelated to Pope visit (Updated)
Police arrested a man carrying a knife during security screening to an outdoor stadium where Pope Francis was celebrating mass on Friday, but authorities said it appeared unrelated to the ...
Pope speaks of reconciliation between Churches, addresses crowds at GSP (Update 2)
Pope Francis on Friday spoke of reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church during his visit with Archbishop Chrysostomos and the Holy Synod in Nicosia.
“It is my ...
Joy and awe among the Catholic faithful
“Joy, simply the purest joy I ever felt in my entire life.” That is how much Pope Francis’ visit meant to Aurora Reyes, a Filipino permanent resident of Cyprus who ...
Pope sends messages of unity, patience, peace and compassion (Updated)
Pope Francis began his visit to Cyprus on Thursday with messages of hope, brotherly love and one of dialogue between divided peoples saying hopes for peace should be nurtured by “...