papal trip
Pope Francis to take migrants and refugees in Cyprus to the Vatican
By Claire Giangravé — December 3, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Vatican announced 12 refugees and migrants in Cyprus and Greece will fly back to Rome with Pope Francis.
Pope heads to Cyprus and Greece, raising hopes he will change conversation on refugees
By Claire Giangravé — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — Five years ago, Pope Francis took 12 refugees with him from a camp in Greece. Migrants and asylum-seekers in Greece and Cyprus hope he will do so again.
Pope Francis seeks to set misunderstanding with Jews aside during papal trip
By Claire Giangravé — September 13, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis met with Jewish communities in Hungary and Slovakia to promote fraternity and peace between the two religions.
In private meeting, Pope Francis opens up about his faith after his election
By Claire Giangravé — September 26, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The official transcript of a Sept. 5 meeting with Jesuit clergy in Mozambique offers a peek into a less measured side of the Argentine pontiff. Francis opened up about his spirituality after being made pope — and criticized clericalism in the Catholic Church for its fixation on sex rather than equity and integrity.
Pope warns booming Mauritius against ‘idolatrous economic model’
By Claire Giangravé — September 10, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Though today Mauritius is 'an oasis of peace,' Francis said it must still 'remain vigilant.'
Pope in historic UAE visit urges faith leaders to reject war
By The Associated Press — February 4, 2019
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Francis' speech to the gathering of faith leaders was the highlight of a 40-hour visit that concludes Tuesday with the first papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula.
Pope: Femicides in Latin America a scourge that must stop
By Yonat Shimron — January 21, 2018
TRUJILLO, Peru (AP) — The first Latin American pope called for lawmakers to protect women and for a new culture 'that repudiates every form of violence.'
Pope urges forgiveness in Colombia after decades of conflict
By Yonat Shimron — September 7, 2017
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Francis brought his message of reconciliation to a country still bitterly divided over the peace deal with leftist rebels that is seeking to end Latin America's longest-running armed rebellion.
Pope sends video message of peace ahead of Fatima visit
By Josephine McKenna — May 11, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Speaking in Portuguese, the pope defined his two-day official visit to the Catholic shrine May 12-13 as a 'pilgrimage of hope and peace.'
The ’Splainer: Who is Our Lady of Fatima and what is the ‘Third Secret’?
By David Gibson — May 10, 2017
(RNS) Pope Francis will be the fourth pontiff to visit the famous Marian shrine in Portugal, and one of millions who travel there each year. What is the attraction?
Pope Francis praises secular Sweden for taking in asylum seekers
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 1, 2016
MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The main purpose of the pope's two-day trip was to take part in a joint commemoration with Lutherans of the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation.
Pope pays homage to tiny Catholic flock in Muslim Azerbaijan
By RNS staff — October 2, 2016
(Reuters) 'Courage. Go ahead without fear,' Francis said, praising them for being a close-knit and vibrant 'community on the periphery.'
In ex-Soviet Georgia, pope issues veiled criticism of Russia
By RNS staff — September 30, 2016
TBILISI — But Francis measured his words carefully, in an apparent attempt not to hurt the Vatican's increasingly warm ties with the Kremlin-backed Russian Orthodox Church.
Pope Francis faces up to his followers’ fears
By Josephine McKenna — July 27, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has a tough act to follow in the footsteps of his Polish predecessor as he visits Poland. His concern about the poor and the homeless sits in stark contrast to the Polish church’s conservative approaches.
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