Catholic News Agency Courtney Mares & Peter Pinedo Mar 8, 2023 Original article Pope Francis met Wednesday with two young Nigerian girls who suffered horrendous violence at the hands of the Boko Haram terrorist group. Sixteen-year-old Maryamu Joseph, who escaped from the Boko Haram in July after being held against her will for nine years,…
Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency July 6, 2022 Original article Human rights advocates have raised concerns about heightened restrictions on Christians in China after Pope Francis expressed hope that the Holy See’s agreement with Beijing will be renewed in the fall. Nearly four years after the Holy See entered into an agreement with Chinese authorities…
Catholic News Agency May 23, 2022 Original article In 2007 Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed May 24, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, to be a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary under that title as the country’s patroness. This year, Pope Francis has asked…
Gerard O’Connell May 22, 2022 America, The Jesuit Review Original article Pope Francis today urged Catholics worldwide to join in prayer for the church in China so that its 12 million Catholics may be able to live “in freedom and tranquility” and “in effective communion with the universal church.” “I am attentively and actively following…
Ohttps://international.la-croix.com/news/francis-deplores-prostitution-as-a-disease-of-humanity/10620?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_content=30-07-2019&utm_campaign=newsletter_crx_lci&PMID=a38f1b6bedbc0736b1119886df78705f ‘Any form of prostitution is a reduction into slavery, a criminal act, a disgusting vice that confuses love-making with venting one’s instincts.’
