The pontiff also appealed to those who “plunder, scourge and destabilise” the turbulent region to lay down their weapons, on the second day of his visit to the country, Africa‘s ...
Here are five things to know about this vast nation: Mineral wealth, dire poverty The DRC is awash with minerals and precious stones, from gold, diamonds and coltan to tin, ...
The trip – his fifth to Africa – takes the 86-year-old pope to countries blighted by conflict and poverty, where Catholics make up about half of the population and where ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will deliver a final send-off for Cardinal George Pell during a funeral Mass on Saturday, the Vatican said, as revelations emerge of the Australian prelate’s ...
The Vatican announced Monday it has reopened the unsolved missing person case of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, whose mysterious disappearance in 1983 has given rise to a tangled web of conspiracy ...
VATICAN CITY — For a second day, lines of people wanting to honor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ’s service to the Catholic church snaked around St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday ...
The German theologian, who died on Saturday aged 95, led the Catholic Church for eight years before becoming the first pope in six centuries to step down in 2013. His ...
Pope Francis rang in 2023 with prayers for his late predecessor at a special New Year’s Day mass. Francis delivered the prayers during his homily at St. Peter’s Basilica, where ...
VATICAN CITY — He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and Mozart piano concertos to the public glare and majesty of Vatican ...
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis asked for prayers for former pope Benedict on Wednesday, saying he is “very sick”. Francis made the surprise appeal at the end of his general ...
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