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In just a few months, the world will have its first digital saint. Pope Francis on Wednesday announced April plans to canonize a teenage web designer who documented miracles online and used his tech skills to maintain web sites for local Catholic organizations. Acutis, who was born to Italian parents in London, was a web designer who died of leukemia in Italy in 2006 at the age of 15. The church has attributed two miracles to the teen informally known as “God’s influencer.”In May, the pope attributed a second miracle to the teen, who is set to become the church’s youngest contemporary saint. The move came four years after he was beatified in 2020 after one miracle was attributed to him.
Persons: Pope Francis, Carlo Acutis, , canonize, Giorgio Frassati Organizations: Wednesday, Adolescents, Vatican News, Roman Catholic Church Locations: Italy, London, Italian
Last December South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice for allegedly violating the Genocide Convention. The court has not yet ruled on the core of the case — whether genocide has occurred in Gaza. Israel says accusations of genocide in its Gaza campaign are baseless and that it is solely hunting down Hamas and other armed groups. Francis, leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation. Francis has not previously described the situation in Gaza as a genocide in public.
Persons: Pope Francis, , Francis ’, Francis, Israel Organizations: La Stampa, Israel, International Court of Justice, Vatican, Catholic Church, Hamas Locations: Gaza, La, Africa, Israel, Lebanon
CNN —Pope Francis has said that allegations of a genocide in Gaza should be “carefully investigated” marking some of his strongest criticism yet of Israel’s war in the territory. “According to some experts… what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,” Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, cited the pontiff as writing in a forthcoming book. Pope Francis rarely comments on politics, often limiting his remarks to calls for peace. He lamented that “unarmed civilians are targets for bombs and gunfire” in Gaza and invoking scripture on war. Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians, the ministry of health there says, and has flattened large swathes of the territory, triggering a humanitarian crisis.
Persons: Pope Francis, , Hope, Yaron, , Omar Al, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Israel Organizations: CNN, Vatican, Vatican News, United Nations ’ International Court of Justice, Getty, ICJ, Hamas, UN, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Locations: Gaza, Israel, South Africa, Pretoria, Jabaliya, AFP, Parish
CNN —Pope Francis has sparked anger after saying Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and negotiate to end the war with Russia. In an interview with Swiss broadcaster Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) published on Saturday, Francis was asked whether he thinks negotiations would “legitimize the stronger party.”“That is one interpretation,” he replied. We shall never raise any other flags,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a post on social media Sunday. People wave Ukrainian flags at St.Peter's square as Pope Francis addresses the crowd on Sunday. “How about, for balance, encouraging Putin to have the courage to withdraw his army from Ukraine,” Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said Sunday in a post on X.
Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, , Dmytro Kuleba, , Alberto Pizzoli, Sviatoslav, unconquered, ” Father Sviatoslav, Matteo Bruni, Pope, Francis’s, Putin, Radosław Sikorski, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Alexandra Valkenburg Organizations: CNN, Radio Télévision Suisse, Getty, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church, Press, Vatican News, EU Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Swiss, Kyiv, , AFP, New York, Ukrainian, “ Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for the release of hostages, including six nuns, who were kidnapped on a bus in Haiti on Friday, and said he was praying for social harmony in the country. Armed gunmen hijacked a bus in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince with at least six nuns on board and drove off to an unknown destination taking all passengers hostage, Vatican News reported on Saturday, citing the Haitian Conference of Religious group. "I have learned with sorrow of the kidnapping, in Haiti, of a group of people, including six religious sisters", Pope Francis said after his weekly Angelus prayer. The violence comes ahead of a court decision expected on Jan. 26 on a Kenyan-led multinational force to address gang violence in the country, one of the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. (Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro; Editing by Conor Humphries)
Persons: Pope Francis, Ariel Henry, Gianluca Semeraro, Conor Humphries Organizations: VATICAN CITY, Vatican, Haitian, Religious, Kenyan Locations: Haiti, Port
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two Vatican trials are coming to a head this week and posing uncomfortable questions for the Holy See, given they both underscore Pope Francis’ power as an absolute monarch and the legal, financial and reputational problems that can arise when he wields it. The rationale: The pope hired Milone and then wanted him out, and the court has no right to judge his decisions. For Vatican prosecutors, that amounted to extortion. The Vatican is the lone absolute monarchy left in Europe, with Francis wielding supreme legislative, executive and judicial power. While he delegates that power on a day-to-day basis, he is still pope and what he says goes.
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CNN —Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics to be “good citizens” and “good Christians,” a rare instance of the Holy Father publicly addressing the issue of religion in China. Mongolia is sandwiched between Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine Francis has publicly criticized, and China, an atheist state where religious practice is heavily curtailed by the government. And to the Chinese Catholics, I ask you to be good Christians and good citizens.”Pope Francis leads Mass at the Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar on Sunday. Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty ImagesChina may be officially an atheist state, but religious practice is legal in the country – albeit under tight government supervision and surveillance. Francis landed in Mongolia Friday for a trip that has lacked the usual fanfare of a Papal visit.
Persons: Pope Francis, Francis ’, Pope, Ukraine Francis, Stephen Chow, Cardinal John Tong, , Francis, Hong, , ” Pope Francis, Mass, Pedro Pardo, Pontiff Organizations: CNN, Hong Kong’s, Getty, Vatican News, Mongolian, Sunday Locations: China, Mongolian, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Vatican, Beijing, AFP, Russian
CNN —Pope Francis formally began his 8,000-kilometer trip to Mongolia on Saturday, a country sandwiched between Russia and China that has a tiny Catholic population. With just 1,500 Catholics in the entire country, the visit was lacking the usual fanfare and mass crowds typically associated with Pope Francis’ trips abroad. Yang Guang from China told Reuters: “I’m just extremely happy because this is the first time I’ve seen him. He came at the invite of the government and spent the first day resting,Mongolian President Ukhnaagin Khurelsukh signs the honor book alingside Pope Francis on Saturday. China is officially an atheist state, but religious practice is legal in the country – albeit under tight government supervision and surveillance.
Persons: Pope Francis, Pope Francis ’, Pope, Yang Guang, , I’ve, It’s, I’m, Ukhnaagin Khurelsukh, alingside Pope Francis, Remo Casilli, Madame Tsetsege, ” Pope Francis, Saints Peter, Louise Delmotte, , Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Vatican Media, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, Saints, Paul Catholic Cathedral, Vatican News Locations: Mongolia, Russia, China, Ulaanbaatar, Portugal, Mongolian, Moscow, Ukraine
Pope Francis did not intend "to exalt imperialist logic," the Vatican said Tuesday, after a speech delivered on Friday drew criticism for references to Russia's imperialist past. "You are heirs of the great Russia — the great Russia of the saints, of kings, the great Russia of Peter the Great, of Catherine II, the great Russian empire, cultured, so much culture, so much humanity," Pope Francis said in the Friday speech, as translated and transcribed by NewsFromUkraine. The pope delivered the prepared speech in his native Spanish, before making these off-script comments in Italian. The pope has previously repeatedly called for a cease-fire in the war in Ukraine and spoken against Russia's actions in the conflict. Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to the religious leader for "his personal attention to the tragedy of millions of Ukrainians."
Persons: Pope, Pope Francis, Vladimir Putin, Russia —, Peter the Great, Catherine II, NewsFromUkraine, Russia, Oleg Nikolenko, Rome, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Google, Vatican, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian, Kremlin, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Facebook, Tass Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Spanish
VATICAN CITY, May 18 (Reuters) - Pope Francis hopes to send personal peace envoys to the Ukrainian and Russian presidents to try to broker a ceasefire in the war, a Catholic website reported on Thursday. Il Sismografo, which specialises in Vatican news and has a good track record, said this is the "mission" Francis spoke of cryptically when he was returning from Hungary last month. It said both presidents had agreed to meet with the papal envoys, without citing sources or giving details. Zelenskiy met Pope Francis at the Vatican last Saturday but in comments afterwards he appeared to downplay the possibility of a papal mediation. "With all due respect for His Holiness, we do not need mediators, we need a just peace ... Putin only kills.
Speaking to reporters in Rome after meetings with his Italian counterpart and Italy’s prime minister, Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were “preparing very seriously.”“There will definitely be very serious steps. Earlier, Zelensky met with Pope Francis, who has been outspoken in his support for an end to the war in Ukraine. Vatican News/APZelensky said last week that his country still needs “a bit more time” before it launches the counteroffensive, in order to allow some more of the promised Western military aid to arrive in country. Russian attacksAs Zelensky toured Europe, Russia’s assault on Ukraine continued. In western Ukraine, at least 21 people were injured following Russian strikes on the city of Khmelnytskyi in the early hours of Saturday, Ukrainian authorities said.
VATICAN CITY, March 13 (Reuters) - Pope Francis marks 10 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday celebrating Mass with cardinals in the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel where he has lived since his election. The Argentina-born Francis, 86, became the first Latin American pontiff on March 13, 2013, succeeding Benedict XVI who had become the first pope in six centuries to resign. With his 10 years as pontiff, Francis has now reigned longer than the 7.5 years average length of the previous 265 pontificates. After that comes the papacy of John Paul II, who reigned for more than 26 years between 1978 and 2005. The shortest is believed to be that of Urban VII, which lasted 13 days in 1590.
VATICAN CITY, March 8 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday decried violence and prejudice against women and said granting equal pay and opportunities could help create a more peaceful and sustainable world. Francis has condemned discrimination against women in the past but, like his predecessors, he has ruled out a female clergy. "Women's thinking is different from men's," the pope wrote in the preface to a book entitled: More Women's Leadership for a Better World. "Women know that they give birth in pain to achieve a great joy: to give life and open vast, new horizons. He said women need to get equal remuneration with men for equal roles and described ongoing pay gaps as "a serious injustice."
Photos of Pope Francis wearing the Latin American Youth Ministry cross in 2018 have been misrepresented online, with some users incorrectly linking the colours to the pride flag used to show support for LGBTQ+ people. A second tweet from the news outlet details that the colorful cross is the Latin American Youth Ministry cross (here), and each of its colors represent different countries in Latin America. Further information about the symbol and its colors can be found on the website of the Latin American Youth Ministry (here) (here). On Feb. 5, Pope Francis said laws criminalizing LGBT people were sinful and an injustice (here). Photos show Pope Francis wearing the Latin American Youth Ministry cross.
CANBERRA, Australia — Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, has died in Rome at age 81. Pell, an Australian, was once the third-highest ranked Catholic in the Vatican after earlier serving as the Archbishop of Melbourne and Archbishop of Sydney. But Pell returned to his native Australia in 2017 in an attempt to clear his name of child sex charges. Pell’s reputation remained tarnished by the church’s child sex abuse scandal. Pell was born on June 8, 1941, the eldest of three children to a heavyweight champion boxer and publican also named George Pell, an Anglican.
Sursa foto: vaticanews.vaPapa Francisc cere suspendarea drepturilor de proprietate asupra vaccinurilor COVIDPapa Francisc cere suspendarea temporară a drepturilor de proprietate asupra vaccinurilor anti-COVID pentru a permite vaccinarea celor mai săraci ai planetei, scrie Vatican News. În fața realității întunecoase aduse de pandemie, ”este nevoie de lumină și de speranță”, ”de vindecare și de mântuire”, a spus suveranul pontif. O variantă a acestui virus este naționalismul închis, care împiedică, de exemplu, un internaționalism al vaccinurilor. O altă variantă este atunci când punem legile pieței sau ale proprietății intelectuale mai presus de legile iubirii și de sănătatea umanității. Problema stă în a avea fantezie pentru a căuta drumuri care să fie mai bune”.
Persons: Papa Francisc, Joe Biden, Charles Michel, . Organizations: Vatican News, Uniunea Europeană, Consiliului European Locations: Los Angeles, SUA, Porto
В мае в посвящении Святой Деве Марии по всему миру будут вознесены молитвы о прекращении пандемии, инициатива Франциска (папы римского) сообщает Vatican News. Лунница Святой Марии была открыта Франциском 1 мая и будет закрыта понтификом 31 мая. Были выбраны тридцать святынь Марии со всего мира и в каждый майский день будет читаться молитва Розария, посвященная Пресвятой Деве Марии. Папа римский был вакцинирован против Covid-19 с начала года, в первый день кампании вакцинации, которая началась в Ватикане. Это этический выбор, потому что вы играете не только со своим здоровьем, со своей жизнью, но и с жизнями других », — сказал папа римский несколько месяцев назад.
Persons: nokta, Франциск, Розарий, Понтифик Organizations: Vatican, Верховный Locations: Святой Престол, Ватикан
Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesPapa Francisc anunță un „maraton” de rugăciune pentru sfârșitul pandemiei de COVID-19Papa Francisc a anunțat, în luna mai, dedicată Sfintei Fecioare Maria, că în zeci de sanctoare din întreaga lume vor fi organizate vor fi rugăciuni pentru sfârșitul pandemiei”, relatează Agerpres, care citează Vatican News. Zilnic, de la ora 18.00, rugăciunea Rozariului va fi transmisă și în direct pe cananele de radio și televiziune ale Vaticanului. Papa Francisc, în vârstă de 84 de ani, a lansat în timpul pandemiei inclusiv îndemnuri la vaccinare. Este o alegere etică, deoarece nu te joci doar cu sănătatea ta, cu viața ta, ci și cu viața altora”, spunea Papa Francisc, în urmă cu câteva luni. Papa Francisc s-a vaccinat anti-COVID-19 la începutul anului, în prima zi a campaniei de imunizare începută la Vatican.
Persons: Papa Francisc, Maria Organizations: Vatican News Locations: Agerpres, Vaticanului, Vatican
Luna mariană a fost deschisă de papa Francisc pe 1 mai şi va fi încheiată tot de pontif, pe 31 mai, informează sâmbătă Vatican News şi EFE, citate de Agerpres, transmite digi24.ro. Recitarea Rozariului în cele 30 de sanctuare va fi transmisă zilnic, în direct, pe canalele de radio şi televiziune ale Sfântului Scaun, la ora 18:00. Papa Francisc s-a vaccinat împotriva Covid-19 încă de la începutul anului, în prima zi a campaniei de vaccinare începută la Vatican. La 84 de ani, Suveranul Pontif a adresat în repetate rânduri îndemnuri la vaccinare. Este o alegere etică, deoarece nu te joci doar cu sănătatea ta, cu viața ta, ci și cu viața altora”, a spus Papa Francisc, în urmă cu câteva luni.
Persons: Francisc, Maria, Papa Francisc Organizations: Vatican News, Scaun Locations: mariană, mariane, Vatican
Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesUn „maraton” de rugăciune, pentru sfârșitul pandemiei, a fost deschis de Papa Francisc și va dura toată luna maiÎn luna mai, dedicată Sfintei Fecioare Maria, în sanctuare mariane din întreaga lume se vor înălţa rugăciuni pentru sfârşitul pandemiei, iniţiativă a Papei Francisc. Luna mariană a fost deschisă de papa Francisc pe 1 mai şi va fi încheiată tot de pontif, pe 31 mai, informează sâmbătă Vatican News şi EFE, citate de Agerpres. Recitarea Rozariului în cele 30 de sanctuare va fi transmisă zilnic, în direct, pe canalele de radio şi televiziune ale Sfântului Scaun, la ora 18:00. Papa Francisc s-a vaccinat împotriva Covid-19 încă de la începutul anului, în prima zi a campaniei de vaccinare începută la Vatican. Este o alegere etică, deoarece nu te joci doar cu sănătatea ta, cu viața ta, ci și cu viața altora", a spus Papa Francisc, în urmă cu câteva luni.
Persons: Papa Francisc, Maria, Papei Francisc, Luna, Francisc Organizations: Vatican News, Agerpres, Scaun Locations: mariane, Vatican
Slujba s-a derulat în faţa unei adunări reduse, de aproximativ 80 de persoane, din cauza restricţiilor legate de pandemia provocată de coronavirus. "Soră şi frate, vrei o dovadă că Dumnezeu a atins viaţa ta? Vezi dacă te apleci asupra rănilor celorlalţi'', a spus papa, citat de Vatican News. Să nu trăim o credinţă pe jumătate, care primeşte şi nu dă, care primeşte darul dar nu se face dar. Toate celelalte persoane din biserică, inclusiv copiii din cor şi alţi preoţi, aveau faţa acoperită cu mască.
Persons: Papa Ioan Paul al II - lea , Francisc Organizations: Vatican News Locations: credincioşi, Roma, Siria, Nigeria, Egipt, Irak
Decesul a avut loc din cauza complicațiilor cauzate de COVID-19, scrie Vatican News. Fabrizio Soccorsi fusese ales medic personal al Papei Francisc în 2015. Nu se cunoaște data la care medicul a avut ultimul contact cu Papa Francisc. Papa Francisc va fi vaccinat săptămâna viitoare, Suveranul Pontif îndemnându-i pe toți să se vaccineze pentru a-și proteja nu numai viața lor, ci și pe a celorlalți, potrivit Reuters, care citează un interviu acordat postului TV Canale 5.
Persons: Fabrizio Soccorsi, Papei Francisc, Papa Francisc . Papa Francisc Organizations: Vatican News
Papa Francisc va anula tradiționalul act de venerație pe care pontifii îl fac pe 8 decembrie la statuia Fecioarei Maria din centrul istoric al Romei, în Piazza di Spagna. Decizia este motivată de actuala stare de urgență sanitară și cu scopul de a evita riscul de infectare între persoane, se arată într-un comunicat de presă al Sfântului Scaun, potrivit Vatican News, citează digi24.ro. "Pe 8 decembrie, Sfântul Părinte Francisc va săvârși un act de devoțiune în privat, încredințând Fecioarei Maria orașul Roma, locuitorii acestuia și pe numeroșii bolnavi din orice parte a lumii. Potrivit unei tradiții de aproape două secole, în fiecare an, pe 8 decembrie, Suveranii Pontifi efectuează un scurt pelerinaj la imaginea monumentală a Fecioarei Maria din Piazza di Spagna, în centrul istoric al Romei, pentru a-i încredința Maicii lui Dumnezeu orașul, locuitorii și speranțele viitorului. De obicei, traseul pe care papa parcurge distanța dintre Cetatea Vaticanului și Piazza di Spagna, unde se află columna pe care este așezată Fecioara Maria, este flancat de mari mulțimi de persoane, romani și turiști, care merg la același monument religios fie înainte, fie după vizita papei.
Persons: Papa Francisc, Fecioarei Maria, Sfântul Părinte Francisc, Maria, Vaticanului, Fecioara Maria Organizations: Scaun, Vatican News Locations: Romei, di Spagna, Roma, Piazza di, Piazza di Spagna, Vaticanului
Papa Francisc se roagă pentru victimele tragediei de la Spitalul Județean din Piatra Neamț și încredințează milostivirii lui Dumnezeu sufletele celor care și-au pierdut viața în urma incendiului de la Secția de Anestezie și Terapie Intensivă, transmite Vatican News. Potrivit autorităților, zece bolnavi și-au pierdut viața și alte șapte persoane, printre care mai mulți medici și o asistentă medicală, au fost rănite. Medicul de gardă a rămas cu arsuri puternice după ce a intrat în flăcări ca să salveze pacienții, iar duminică dimineață a fost transferat la un spital specializat din Belgia. Departamentul pentru Situații de Urgență a comunicat că pompierii au ajuns la Spitalul Județean din Piatra Neamț în cinci minute de la primirea apelului, iar incendiul a fost stins în mai puțin de jumătate de oră. Președintele Klaus Iohannis a spus că tragedia de la Piatra Neamț a îndoliat întreaga țară.
Persons: Papa Francisc, Ludovic Orban, Președintele Klaus Iohannis, Iohannis, Daniel, Bisericii Organizations: Vatican News, Române Locations: Piatra Neamț, România, Belgia, Lețcani, Iași
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