Vatican news Pope Francis prays for the victims of the landslides in Ethiopia. He deplores that, while calamities and hunger continue to rage throughout the world, the manufacture and sale of weapons fuel wars and human suffering. He also recalls the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, celebrated today, and calls on everyone to…
Vatican news The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Addis Ababa speaks to Vatican News about the ad limina visit of Ethiopian Catholic bishops to Rome and says Pope Francis encouraged them to continue to be close to the people suffering from the ongoing war in that country. By Michele Raviart and Lisa Zengarini The Ethiopian bishops…
Vatican news An Ethiopian bishop is urging religious leaders to act as mediators to heal the African nation's political and social divisions. By Devin Watkins “Religious institutions and the government have the responsibility to lead young people on the right path of development and not into war. » Mgr Teshome Fikre Woldetensae, coadjutor bishop of…