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Pope Francis in Iraq: A Prayer for The Dead in Mosul

March 07, 2021

The gathering took place in Hosh al-Bieaa – Church Square – in Mosul, where four churches sit: Syriac Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syro-Orthodox, and Chaldean.

Pope Francis in Iraq: Historic Meetings on Saturday Stir Hope

March 06, 2021

John Cookson reports from Iraq, on a momentous day of doings in an historic visit to the country by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis in Ur: Our Common Father in Faith is Abraham, Our Common Enemy isHatred.

March 06, 2021

The core of Pope Francis's message was one of universal fraternity and universal respect for human life and dignity as the only sure foundations for society and the only true guides to responsible stewardship of the created order, with which God has entrusted us.

“You keep using that word…” – the dangers of sloganeering

March 01, 2021

The failure of the Church to adapt her policies to the new spirit of liberalism, culminating with Pope Pius IX’s condemnation of “progress, liberalism and modern civilisation” in his 1864 Syllabus of Errors, came to be seen by Catholics in in later centuries as paranoid, mistaken, even embarrassing; but the eradication of Christian values among Europeans was to lead in the next century to atrocities far exceeding those of Jacobin France.

Francis is Right: Fraternity is Good for the Soul and Requires Covid Restrictions

February 08, 2021

"Fraternity is the true cure for the pandemic and the many evils that have affected us," Pope Francis told the Vatican diplomatic corps Monday morning. "Along with vaccines, fraternity and hope are, as it were, the medicine we need in today’s world.” What does fraternity require of us during the coronavirus pandemic?

Holy See Press Office: Pope Francis condemns violence, offers prayers in wake of attacks in Nice

October 29, 2020

Pope Francis is informed of the deadly knife attacks on Thursday morning near Notre Dame church in Nice, and offers prayers of suffrage for the victims and their families. He condemns the violence and expresses his prayerful closeness to the entire Christian community of the city.