He Pope Francisco lamented on Sunday the war unleashed in the land where Jesus was born, where the Christmas Eve only brought new bloodshed and intensified fighting throughout the Gaza Strip. Hours before midnight on Christmas in the Holy Land, Palestinian health authorities reported at least 70 dead in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza. […]
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Pope Francis celebrates the rooster mass with the “heart” in Bethlehem
He Pope Francisco celebrated this Sunday the traditional midnight mass in St. Peter’s Basilica with the “heart” in Bethlehem, where, he said, “the Prince of Peace continues to be rejected by the losing logic of war, with the roar of weapons.” “And our heart tonight is in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace continues to […]
Pope Francis turns 87: he denounces attacks in Gaza and asks for Darien
He Pope Francisco He celebrated his 87th birthday today with a “circus party” in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican in which there was cake and was accompanied by children and their families from a pediatric hospital of the Holy See. Traditionally, in the Vatican, birthdays are not celebrated, but rather name days, but […]
Macron invites Pope Francis to the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
The French president, Emmanuel Macronannounced this Friday that he will invite Pope Francis to the reopening of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedralscheduled just one year from now, on December 8, 2024, after the reconstruction works. Asked about the presence of the Argentine pontiff, during an interview on the France 2 network, the centrist president […]
Pope regrets end of truce in Gaza and calls for new ceasefire as soon as possible
He Pope Francisco today urged Israel and the Islamist group Hamas to reach a new truce “as soon as possible”, while asking “to all those involved” in the conflict they seek“brave ways of peace” without resorting to the use of weapons. The pontiff, who prayed the Angelus for the second consecutive Sunday at his Casa […]
Iran asks Pope to use his influence to stop ‘genocide of the century’ in Gaza
The president of IranEbrahim Raisí, asked this Sunday in a telephone conversation to Pope Francisco to use his influence in the West to stop the war in Loopwhich he described as “the greatest genocide of the century”. “The president appreciated the position of the Catholic leader on the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza […]
The Pope fears an escalation in the Middle East: “It would be the end of many things”
He Pope Francisco This Wednesday, he expressed his fear of the “possibility” of a global escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and insisted on the “wise solution” of the two states between Israel and Palestine. “It would be the end of many things and many lives. I think that human wisdom stops these […]
A special mission from the Holy See will arrive in Peru to investigate the Sodalicio case
A special mission of the Holy See will arrive in Peru next week to “investigate, listen and present a report” on the case “Christian Life Partnership” (SVC), a Catholic group that has been accused for several years of committing abuses in the Andean country. The Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) reported this Saturday, in a statement, […]
The Pope will create 21 new cardinals in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela
He Pope Francisco announced this Sunday the creation of 21 new cardinalsamong which are three Argentines, a Colombian and a Venezuelan. “I am happy to announce that on September 30 I will celebrate a Consistory for the creation of new cardinals”, announced the pope, after his weekly Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic […]
The “bakery of the popes” closes, a piece of the history of Rome
Angelo Arrigoni remembers the emotion of that day when, as a child, he was sent on an errand: to take the bread to Pope John XXIII and handed it over to him in the pontifical palace, now equally moved, he tells EFE that he is forced to close the oven that his father opened 90 […]