With the civil war worsening and famine spreading, Pope Francis already in March had expressed doubts about the possibility of making the trip.
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‘Capitalism gives a moral cloak to inequality,’ Pope Francis says at Italian steel plant
Condemning an economy that encourages speculation more than entrepreneurship, warning priests and religious that they share responsibility for the vocations crisis and telling young people they are right to be puzzled by nations that close their doors to people fleeing persecution, Pope Francis spent a busy day in Genoa. Besides being packed with pastoral appointments, […]
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Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologize for church’s harm of Canada’s indigenous people
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he asked Pope Francis to help Canadians “move forward on a real reconciliation” with the country’s indigenous people.
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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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Three Catholics and a rabbi walk into a podcast studio
What does the word “rabbi” mean? And is a priest just the Catholic version of a rabbi? This week, we’ve got some Judaism 101, “radical hospitality” and more with Rabbi Avram Mlotek. Rabbi Avram is the co-founder of Base, a project that creates Jewish communities centered around hospitality, learning and service. And in Signs of […]
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Will Trump listen to the pope’s pleas for peace? Will we?
I am praying that Pope Francis’ words have a lasting impact on the president.
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Pope Francis shakes up church with his cardinal choices, reflecting Catholic demographics
Francis has also overturned the tradition of choosing bishops who are in charge of prestigious dioceses or Vatican departments as cardinals.
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New cardinal from Laos known for kindness and open-minded dialogue
Cardinal-designate Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, who will become the first cardinal from Laos, is an ethnic Khmu, a hill tribe from northern Laos and southern China.
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Appointment not about career, but service, cardinal-designate from Spain says
Although past archbishops from Barcelona have been named cardinals, Archbishop Omella said he was still surprised by the announcement.
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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.