Vatican news Pope Francis telephones the archbishop of flood-hit Porto Alegre, Brazil, to express solidarity and closeness with those affected by the disaster in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 137 people are dead and more than 600,000 people displaced. By Vatican News In Brazil, rains forced thousands of people from…
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Vatican news The Holy See Press Office confirms that Pope Francis will visit the Roman capital on June 10, his second visit to the Capitol after participating in the prayer for peace of the Community of Sant'Egidio in the context of the pandemic in October 2020. Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis will visit the capital…
Vatican news In this week's Eastern Churches news, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient, Orthodox Christians celebrate the sacred fire ceremony in Jerusalem, Europeans hold an ecumenical prayer service and Islamic extremists attack two villages in Egypt. This week's Oriental News: Sacred fire ceremony in Jerusalem On Saturday evening according to the Julian calendar, as…
The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, opens the Vatican's “Table for Peace” in Rome, which brought together around thirty Nobel Prize laureates for a debate on the subject. By Paolo Ondarza “While I reaffirm the inalienable right to self-defense, war is always a failure of humanity as a whole and not just of…
The May 10-11 event will bring together 30 Nobel laureates and figures from international organizations for a dialogue on peace, with children meeting Pope Francis on Saturday. By Alessandro De Carolis A “Peace Table” brings together those who have contributed to building peace in our recent history by opposing the manipulation of the truth by…
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…
Vatican news Pope Francis expresses sadness following the attack on a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo and calls on political leaders to work “in the service of peace and fraternity”. By Linda Bordoni Pope Francis said he was close to those affected by the deadly attack on the Mugunga refugee camp in…
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences hosts a conference focused on the transformative potential of art, which begins with the Pope's call to establish a network of “cities of refuge” and the inauguration of the photo exhibition ” Changes.” By Béatrice Guarrera From the pride of a leader of an indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon…
Inaugurated on May 7 in the Charlemagne colonnade of Saint Peter's Square, the photo exhibition organized by Lia and Marianna Beltrami with the Dicastery for Communication presents 24 works by artists from the peripheries of the world accompanied by verses from the Song of the Creatures of Saint Francis. . By Maria Milvia Morciano The…