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Pope calls for universal day of fasting for Lebanon
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis finished his first public address since the pandemic by urging awareness and support for Lebanon in the wake of the large blasts in its capital, Beirut.
New Pope video addresses hunger and climate crises
VATICAN CITY – The new Pope Video has been released the day before the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, calling for a more equal sharing and responsibility of the world's resources.
Pilgrims attend papal audiences again
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will once more hold general audiences for pilgrims, no longer in St. Peter's square, under Covid social distancing rules, reports Il Messaggero.
Pope again emphasizes social issues in Covid pandemic
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis once more highlighted the global, social imbalances that have been accentuated as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Pope highlights plight of poor in speech against injustice
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis spoke in his weekly address of the need for the world to “come out better, to better social injustices and environmental decay" after the crisis.
Papal charity supplies Brazil with ventilators
VATICAN CITY – The charity Hope Onlus is sending ventilators and ecographs to Brazil to help in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.
Pope warns pilgrims against ‘individualistic thinking’
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has highlighted the necessity for compassion and fraternity in the light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Pope Francis prays for the victims of Beirut explosion
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for those affected by the explosion in Beirut that has killed at least 100 people and wounded over 4,000.
Pope asks for prayers for maritime workers
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ latest Pope Video focuses on the difficult plight of “all those who work and live from the sea”.
Former Pope Benedict 'extremely fragile' with facial infection
VATICAN CITY – The former Pope Benedict, 93, is in a fragile state of health with a facial infection called erysipelas, reports Corriere della Sera.
Pope urges compassion in face of post-Covid unemployment
VATICAN CITY –- On Sunday Pope Francis used the parable of the feeding of the 5,000 to give a lesson of compassion and generosity in the times of pandemic, speaking in his first August Angelus
Vatican computers infiltrated by Chinese hackers
VATICAN CITY -- A report from an American company, Recorded Future, alleges that Chinese hackers have breached the networks of the Holy See.
Pope Francis pained by Hagia Sophia mosque conversion
VATICAN CITY – Thinking about Istanbul after the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis said that "I think of Saint Sophia and I am very saddened," expressing the pain of the Holy See and the Catholic Church
Pope speaks of Libyan ‘hell’ camps and Western indifference
ROME – During the mass celebrated on the seventh anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa, the Pope Francis attacked the “hell” of the detention centres on the African coast, and spoke about his exper
Holy See condemns Israel's imminent West Bank land grab
VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, met with the US Ambassador and the Israeli Ambassador, in order to express the Holy See's condemnation of the upcoming unilateral land g
Francis approves beatification of nun killed by satanists
VATICAN CITY – Sister Maria Laura Mainetti of the congregation of the Daughters of the Cross, who was brutally murdered by three girls during a satanic ritual in 2000, has been determined to have b
Francis prays for cooperation on Libya as summit collapses
Italian financier arrested over Holy See's London property
VATICAN CITY – Gianluigi Torzi was arrested on June 6 after an investigation uncovered that the Vatican middleman had been part of a property deal in London which allegedly involved financial crime