Getting to know someone who is a refugee can wipe away fears and dismantle distorted ideologies, Pope Francis said. Highlighting World Refugee Day, which is marked June 20, the pope asked that “concrete attention...
Violence near South Sudan’s border with Congo has driven 6,000 people from the countryside to shelter in the shadows of the village church, where some have been surviving on mangoes. Before the mangoes, there...
This weekend, Pope Francis is visiting Fatima for the centennial celebrations of Our Lady’s apparition to the three shepherd children, and the canonisation of Jacinta and Francisco. It will be a time of looking...
Populism, plainly put, is an “us” versus “them” mentality – and this is what it can result in…Pope Francis takes us to task to be on guard against this rising tide of thought Indifference, fuelled...
The disciples were very curious about what Jesus did when he went off by himself into the hills or pushed a boat out into the centre of Lake Galilee. After he explained to them...
When it comes to helping the poor, the marginalised and refugees, Pope Francis urged Catholics not to mimic the “Mannequin Challenge” by just looking on, frozen and immobile. The video version of his prayer...
Syrians don’t want to leave their homeland, they want a safe place to live in peace, said a Franciscan friar from Aleppo, Syria. Franciscan Brother George Jamal, who is originally from Aleppo, said even...
What are You Doing about the Crises? Pope’s Prayer intention: That all those who are afflicted, especially the poor, refugees, and marginalised, may find welcome and comfort in our communities. This intention expresses a...
Just what is true and what is opinion or agenda-driven lies or vague hearsay? In the age of fake news on the Internet, the public should be able to trust traditional media to provide...
Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to do everything possible to end the war in his country, to protect civilians and to ensure humanitarian agencies can deliver emergency aid to the people. Syria’s...
Fifty percent of Syria’s hospitals and medical centres have been destroyed or looted and their staff kidnapped, tortured or slaughtered, a leading Syrian surgeon told members of the Irish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Dr....
Where there is no tenderness, there is cruelty and what is unfolding in Syria is a veritable “workshop of cruelty,” Pope Francis told governing members of Caritas Internationalis. “I believe the greatest illness of...
