Tag: Pope Francis
Pope meets Iraq Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Pope Francis extended his hand to the world’s Shiite Muslims on Saturday, meeting top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a landmark moment in...
Pope Benedict says decision to resign entirely his
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has confirmed that his decision to retire was entirely his own and the former leader of the Catholic world does...
Pope Francis holds first virtual general audience as COVID-19 ravages Italy
Pope Francis, holed up in the Vatican by Italy’s coronavirus epidemic, held his first virtual general audience on Wednesday, thanking medical staff but urging...
Pope stops former US bishop accused of sexual harassment from performing...
Pope Francis has banned a former US bishop accused of sexual
harassment and of financial mismanagement from performing the liturgy, the
Vatican News website reported Sunday.
The...
Sahara Energy invests $600m in South Sudan
Sahara
Energy Resources DMCC, Dubai, has announced the extension of a $600 million
facility to help boost resurgent hope for peace in the world’s youngest
democracy.
The executive
director,...
Pope Francis hosts South Sudan’s rival leaders
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader
Riek Machar start a two-day “spiritual retreat” on Wednesday hosted by Pope
Francis at the Vatican.
The unusual...
Pope signs Jerusalem declaration on Morocco trip
Pope Francis on Saturday joined Morocco's King Mohammed VI in
saying Jerusalem should be a "symbol of peaceful coexistence" for
Christians, Jews and Muslims, on the...
Pope turns down resignation of French cardinal in sex abuse cover-up
Pope Francis has rejected the resignation of French Cardinal
Philippe Barbarin, who was handed a six-month suspended sentence for failing to
report sex abuse by a...
Pope opens child sex abuse conference, promising remedies
Pope Francis on Thursday promised concrete actions against
child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened
countering scepticism from some survivors who...
57-year-old Jamaican woman narrates how Catholic priest raped, impregnated her
Denise Buchanan was 17 when she was
raped by a seminarian who continued to abuse her when he became a priest in her
native Jamaica. The...
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