Trump to wade into Middle East politics on first foreign trip
Reuters International MAY 4, 2017 – U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attend a National Day of Prayer event at the Rose Garden of the White House […]
Problems faced by Egypt’s Coptic Christians run far deeper than Isis attacks
As a minority, Christians naturally need the regime to protect them. Their fear has drawn them closer and closer to Sisi. They have become associated with the regime itself Robert […]
Sisi apparently believes that the Pope’s visit to Cairo will prove Egypt is safe for Christians – Isis has other ideas
Robert Fisk @indyvoices It must be the most dangerous trip Pope Francis has ever made, into the very heart of the capital of the largest Arab nation whose Isis tormentors […]
Pope Francis arrives in Cairo seeking to mend ties with Islam
Reuters International APR 28, 2017 Pope Francis waves as he leaves for his pastoral trip to Egypt at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Tony […]
Pope to Egypt to mend ties with Islam but conservatives wary
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis hopes to mend ties with Muslims on his trip to Egypt on Friday but faces criticism from church conservatives for […]
Pope Francis Highlights Arms Trade in Easter Sermon
POSTED 11:45 AM, APRIL 16, 2017, BY CNN WIRE ROME — Pope Francis delivered the traditional Easter Sunday Mass sermon in Rome on Sunday with a call for an end to the “horror and death” in Syria and prayed for Jesus to help world leaders end the arms […]
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Reuters International MAR 18, 2017 Pope Francis arrives during the penitential celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi(reuters_tickers) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis […]
Pope signals he’s open to married Catholic men becoming priests
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
ADDRESS TO H.H. POPE BENEDICT XVI AT THE KING HUSSEIN MOSQUE, AMMAN, JORDAN
H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal Bism Illah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem Wa Al-Salatu wal-Salaamu ‘ala al-Nabi Al-‘Arabi Al-Hashimi Al-Ameen, Khatim Al-Anbiya wal-Mursalin ADDRESS TO H.H. POPE BENEDICT XVI AT THE KING HUSSEIN MOSQUE, AMMAN, JORDAN By: H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal Saturday May 9th, 2009 CE, 14th Jamada […]
Pope issues stinging criticism of Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingyas
Reuters International FEB 8, 2017 – Pope Francis leads the Second Vespers at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside The Walls in Rome, Italy January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (reuters_tickers) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar’s minority Rohingyas, saying […]
Duterte’s new target: the Catholic Church
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing families of the 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) members who were killed in a 2015 police operation. Jan. 24, 2017. (Reuters Photo) The Philippines’ controversial President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his extrajudicial killings of drug dealers, insulted on […]
Palestinian embassy to be opened in Vatican city for the first time
Source: Ma’an News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The inauguration of the first Palestinian embassy in Vatican City will take place on Saturday, and will be attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
Pope says Christmas ‘hostage’ to materialism, God in shadows
POLITICS Religion Conflict Reuters International DEC 24, 2016 – Pope Francis holds a statue of baby Jesus during the Christmas night Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (reuters_tickers) By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had […]
THE RIGHT TO TRUTH: ‘Death opens the eyes of the living’
By Marcela Aguila Rubín NOV 30, 2016 -www.swissinfo.ch Thousands of people march for justice in Guadalajara, Mexico, in September 2015. They are holding pictures of 43 missing students who were kidnapped by police a year earlier (Reuters) Secret mass graves in Mexico, daily bombings and a mounting death toll in […]
Vatican Bans Scattering of Ashes From Cremation
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and GAIA PIANIGIANIOCT. 25, 2016 An urn containing the cremated remains of a Roman Catholic priest during a funeral Mass in Mexico last month. The church allows cremation as long as it is done in accordance with Christian doctrine.CreditAlan Ortega/Reuters VATICAN CITY — Ashes to ashes is […]
Pope urges protection of child migrants
Thursday, October 13, 2016 Two orphans from Burma – image TCT Pope Francis has made an urgent call for action to be taken against those who profit from the exploitation of child migrants. In a strongly worded message released ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Pope […]
Pope to canonize ‘gaucho priest,’ earlier version of himself
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE- In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a canonization. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis this […]
Pope Francis Celebrates Mass in Muslim Azerbaijan, Home to 700 Catholics
by REUTERS Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for the miniscule Catholic community in Shi’ite Muslim Azerbaijan, urging the “precious little flock” to keep the faith and paying tribute to those persecuted during the Soviet era. The oil and gas-rich nation of about 9 million people bordering on Russia, Iran […]
Pope agrees to expedite sainthood process for murdered priest
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun is seen next to a picture of Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, during a media conference at the Vatican, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (reuters_tickers) PARIS (Reuters) […]
Murder in God’s name ‘satanic’
Source: The Times of Israel Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced killing in God’s name as “satanic” as he held a mass to honor Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat […]