The war has “caused a grave humanitarian crisis that has left half of the country’s population, around 7.3 million people, hungry every day.”
Vatican Dispatch
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Pope Francis encourages Chancellor Merkel to continue the fight against climate change
This was the pope and chancellor’s sixth meeting.
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Pope Francis will meet with Venezuela bishops as crisis deepens
The meeting comes in the midst of an ongoing national crisis in Venezuela marked by daily protests that have lasted more than 70 days and by acts of repression from the forces of President Maduro’s government.
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Avoid becoming Christians of “the right or the left” urges Pope Francis during Pentecost Homily
Pope Francis celebrated Pentecost Mass, urging Christians to avoid “diversity without unity” and “unity without diversity.”
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Vatican official: President Trump’s decision to withdraw from Paris climate change accord a ‘disaster’
Vatican officials slammed it as “a disaster for the whole world because the United States has such importance today and is a country that many follow.”
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Pope Francis denounces roadside attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt
The attack in central Egypt today killed at least 26 people, including children aged 2 to 4, and wounded 25 others.
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Despite apprehension, Pope Francis and President Trump talked in a “relaxed, sincere way,” sources say
Media reports that the meeting was “cold” are “a gross misinterpretation,” a Vatican source told America.
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Optimism in the Vatican on the eve of Trump’s visit to Pope Francis
Vatican leaders seem quietly confident that the meeting will go well.
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Catholic Church in the Holy Land says the Israel-Palestine situation “cannot be considered normal”
The conflict is almost certain to be on the agenda for discussion when President Trump comes to the Vatican.
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Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump, will seek common ground.
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump and that Marie Collins had some good reasons for her resignation from the sex abuse commission.