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1 day ago · Joking Pope Refers To Prayers Against Him Inside The Vatican. From CRUX: Almost anyone who’s ever met Pope Francis in person has heard some version of his standard laugh line. It generally goes like this: When the visitor assures the pope that he or she is praying for him, the Pontiff, with a twinkle in his eye, will ask a simple question.
May 1, 2024 · Pope Francis on Sunday expressed joy at the vitality of the Church in Iraq despite years of fierce persecution. Celebrating Mass in the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil on March 7, the pope praised the country’s dwindling Christian community for its care for the poor.
Apr 17, 2024 · 05/03/2021. Pope Francis in Iraq: ‘The name of God cannot be used to justify acts of murder’. Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 06:48 am ( CNA ).- In his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for an end to violence and extremism so that ordinary Iraqis can live, work, and pray in peace.
7 hours ago · Addressing some 350 participants in the second World Meeting on Human Fraternity, Pope Francis encourages them to persevere in their efforts to promote human fraternity in a broken world, reiterating that war is a defeat and also a deception.
Apr 28, 2024 · Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda said the first-ever visit by a pope is eagerly awaited by a people that continues to feel the effects of the Islamic State’s campaign to eradicate the country’s 2,000-year-old Christian presence. By Edward Pentin, December 12, 2020.
4 days ago · In his 2 May letter to parish priests who traveled from around the world to the Vatican to take part in the International Meeting ‘Parish Priests for the Synod’, Pope Francis offered his heartfelt thanks saying, “The Church could not go on without your dedication and your pastoral service.”. Addressing the three hundred priests who ...
5 days ago · Not long after beginning his pontificate more than eleven years ago, Pope Francis quickly earned the nickname: "the pope of surprises." This is the man who abruptly decided to fly to Lampedusa to ...
