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The Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, calls on the international community to make a sign of good faith regarding economic sanctions, and laments the decline in the Syrian people’s hope as the world forgets the long-suffering people.
The #IamChurch campaign for persons with disabilities begins from 6 December with a series of video testimonies of Christians living with disabilities.
In an interview with Vatican News, the Vatican Secretary of State speaks about issues such as the Church’s social doctrine, the pandemic, assisted suicide, and the synodal process.
Final preparations are being completed in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia ahead of a visit by Pope Francis due to begin on Thursday.
Many people fleeing war, persecution, and poverty stranded near the Belarus-Polish border remain uncertain about their fate. Several planes have already returned migrants from Belarus to Iraq while Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has humanitarian aid to migrants wanting to stay at the border near European Union member state Poland hoping to one day enter the EU.
Pope Francis prays for the thousands of migrants who risk their lives every day as they embark upon journyes in search of a better life.
At the Angelus on the First Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis calls on us to "be vigilant" and to persevere in prayer, which "reawakens the soul from sleep" and helps us focus on what is most important in life.
Below is a summary of the final statement published by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences following the virtual meeting of November 4 and 5, dedicated to the pandemic’s implications for science and health policy.
Pope Francis sends a telegram addressed to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, expressing his closeness to the Russian people and offering his prayers for victims of an explosion in a mine that caused 51 deaths including miners and rescuers.
Two Jesuit priests, Sílvio Moreira, a Portuguese, and João de Deus Kamtedza, a Mozambican, aged 44 and 54 respectively, were assassinated in October 1985 at the mission of Chapotera, in the province of Tete, central Mozambique.
The Rome-based Community of Sant’Egidio is organizing its annual international campaign “Cities for life day” to raise awareness on death penalty. Four US cities will join the initiative.
Amid growing tensions between the French and UK governments over how to stop migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats, Churches in France and England insist on the need for joint efforts to protect and assist refugees.