Pope Francis
9 Apr 2017
Pope Francis says the world is suffering from wars and terrorism as he conducts the traditional open-air Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.
6 Apr 2017
Pope Francis says his thoughts are with all the people suffering after the deadly metro bombing in St. Petersburg.
3 Apr 2017
Pope Francis prays for victims of the deadly flooding in Colombia.
19 Mar 2017
Pope Francis prays for the victims of Peru's devastating floods where at least 62 people have died and over half a million have been displaced.
12 Mar 2017
Pope Francis prays for the victims of a fire at a children's shelter in Guatemala, in which at least 39 people died, and urges the faithful to keep young victims of violence, abuse and wars in their prayers.
11 Mar 2017
Parishioners in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico say they support Pope Francis in considering to ordain older married men as priests in isolated communities as a way to tackle a shortage of clergy.
8 Feb 2017
Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority saying they had been tortured and killed because they wanted to live their Muslim faith.
1 Jan 2017
In his year-end message, Pope Francis urges leaders to do more to help the world's youth find jobs, for fear that a generation is being lost.
27 Dec 2016
Pope Francis expresses his condolences to the families of the victims of a Russian military plane crash.
25 Dec 2016
Pope Francis urges the world's 1.2 billion Catholics to feel compassion for children, notably victims of war, migration and homelessness in his Christmas Eve mass but also those 'not allowed to be born'.
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