#Apostolic Journeys

Fr Piumatti ( missionary in North Kivu for more than 50 years), “crushed by the oppressive presence of armed groups. Goma without food supplies”

While the Pope is in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he will remain until February 3rd…

Pope in Bahrain: “We are playing with bombs, the ‘death trade’ is turning our common home into one great arsenal”

On his second day in the Arab country, the Holy Father addressed the Forum for Dialogue, the members of the…

Pope in Bahrain: “Let there be an end to the clash of weapons! War is a monstrous and senseless reality”

In his first speech in Bahrain, the Pope called for peace and respect for fundamental human rights, starting with religious…

Pope in Matera: “Shame on us for the battle between the rich and the poor”

Addressing the faithful gathered at the Municipal Stadium in Matera (Italy), Pope Francis guarded against being “suffocated by our small…

Pope in Kazakhstan: “Man is the way for all the religions.”

The Pope completed his visit to Kazakhstan with a renewed emphasis on the central theme of his 38th apostolic journey:…

Pope in Kazakhstan: Mass in Nur-Sultan, “peace is never achieved once and for all”

Pope in Kazakhstan. Mgr. Mumbiela Sierra (Central Asia bishops): “Along the Silk Road, called to be a solid bridge connecting Europe and Asia”

Msgr. José Luis Mumbiela Sierra, bishop of Almaty, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia as of past…

Papa Francesco: “I went to Canada to ask forgiveness on behalf of the Church”

Speaking at today’s audience, Pope Francis retraced each leg of his “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada. “The main motivation was to…

The Pope in Canada. “I also feel a part of your family”

The meeting with Quebec’s indigenous people and the stopover in Iqaluit, near the Arctic Circle, were the highlights of the…

Pope in Canada: “No to ideological colonisations and terrible cold wars that are still increasing”

“We need to ask ourselves not how to pursue wars, but how to stop them. And to prevent entire peoples…

Pope in Canada: “What do we want to bequeath to those who come after us, a world at war or a world at peace?”

The Holy Mass at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium, before a crowd of 50,000 people, followed by the “Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage”,…