CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2021 / 01:40 am (CNA).- Pope Francis on Saturday made a landmark visit to the home of Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See press office, said March 6 that the two men s… […]
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ address to bishops, priests, religious, consecrated persons, seminarians, and catechists, delivered March 5, 2021, at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady o… […]
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:17 am (CNA).- Pope Francis met Iraqi Catholic leaders in Baghdad on Friday, in a cathedral where 48 people were martyred during a 2010 terrorist attack.
The March 5 meeting with bishops, priests, religious, seminarians,… […]
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Here is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ address to the Iraqi authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps, delivered March 5, 2021, at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad.
Mr President… […]
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 06:48 am (CNA).- In his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for an end to violence and extremism so that ordinary Iraqis can live, work, and pray in peace.
Speaking to Iraqi government authorities from the hall of th… […]
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2021 / 10:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis on Thursday appointed the archbishop of Newark, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, a member of the Congregation for Bishops.
Pope Francis also named Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, archbishop of S&at… […]
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).- A day before he departs for Baghdad, Pope Francis sent a video message to the Iraqi people, saying that he was coming to Iraq as “a pilgrim of peace.”
“I am coming as a pilgrim, as a penit… […]
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Pope Francis will offer Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on March 14 to mark 500 years of Catholic faith in the Philippines.
The Mass will be attended by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congre… […]
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of March is for a renewed experience of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
In his video for the prayer intention, created by the Pope’s Worldwide Praye… […]
Vatican City, Mar 3, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an end to “bloody clashes” and the release of political leaders in Burma.
Speaking at the end of his general audience on March 3, the pope lamented th… […]
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