Pope at audience: “We ask the Lord of life to deliver us from this death of war.”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis concluded today’s audience in Paul VI Hall calling on the faithful gathered there to pray to Our Lady…
REFORM —
Pope Francis promulgates Praedicate Evangelium, to come into effect June 5
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis has promulgated the new Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia which will come into force on June 5.…
WAR IN UKRAINE —
Pope Francis: “war is on our doorstep. Murderers of our brothers”
di M.Michela Nicolais“The path of destruction is easy to take, but it produces so much rubble”, the Pope conveyed his umpteenth appeal…
PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: “A nuclear war would be the ultimate catastrophe”
di M.Michela Nicolais“Our imagination appears increasingly concentrated on the representation of a final catastrophe that will extinguish us. That is what happens…
PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: “We carry the Ukrainian people in our hearts”
di M.Michela NicolaisAt the general audience of Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis made frequent references to the current Day of Prayer and Fasting…
PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: March 2 – Day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis concluded Wednesday’s general audience with yet another appeal for peace in Ukraine, and called on believers and non-believers…
PRIESTS —
Pope Francis: “Celibacy is a gift”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis opened the International Symposium on the Priesthood with a speech that lasted almost an hour. He started from…
PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: “To be a Christian is to safeguard one’s own life and the life of others”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope concluded the cycle of catechesis on St Joseph with a special emphasis on the verb “to safeguard.” In…
END OF LIFE —
Pope at audience: “Death must be welcomed, not administered”
di M.Michela NicolaisWe must say “No” to futile treatment, “yes” to palliative care, but beware not to confuse this help “with unacceptable…
PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: Beijing Olympic Games: “may them bring about a more fraternal world”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope concluded Wednesday’s general audience with an appeal for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. Francis further…
TESTIMONY —
Holocaust Remembrance Day. Schutz (Israeli Amb. to the Holy See): “A lesson for all”
di Daniele RocchiOn January 27, 1945, Red Army Soviet troops entered Auschwitz (Oświęcim in Polish) and revealed to the world the huge…
DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE —
Pope at audience: “Please: War never again!”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis concluded today’s audience with an appeal for peace in Ukraine and a plea not to forget the horror…
