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Mayor of Kyiv makes plea for visit by Pope Francis, calling it ‘key for saving lives’
By Claire Giangravé — March 15, 2022
(RNS) — Mayor Vitali Klitschko called on the pope ‘to stand with the Ukrainian people by jointly spreading the call for peace.’
Pope, patriarch and Canterbury abbot issue climate appeal
By Nicole Winfield — September 7, 2021
ROME (AP) — The world’s top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians — on Tuesday issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to “listen to the cry of the Earth” and make sacrifices to save the planet. In their first-ever […]
Rejecting fear, despair to confront climate crisis as people of faith
By guest — September 1, 2016
(RNS) There is very little in today’s culture to help us stomach this truth of the climate crisis. Yet my faith explicitly prohibits fear.
Pope Francis to visit Turkey in November
By Josephine McKenna — September 9, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Middle East is high on the pope’s agenda and Francis has been particularly outspoken about worsening violence in Syria and Iraq and the persecution of Christian minorities in both countries.
Holy Land Christians hope Pope Francis’ visit might revive peace talks
By Evan Simko-Bednarski — May 13, 2014
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) Pope Francis travels to Jerusalem later this month to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew I, head of the Eastern Orthodox Church. But many hope his off-script message might revive moribund peace talks.
Pope Francis says the ‘nones’ can be allies for the church
By Alessandro Speciale — March 20, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis extended a hand to those who don't belong to any religion, urging them on Wednesday to work with believers to build peace and protect the environment.
Pope Francis’ official symbols hint at simplicity, humility
By Alessandro Speciale — March 18, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a sign of how much change Pope Francis may usher into the papacy, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodoxy will attend Tuesday's installation Mass -- for the first time in more than 1,000 years.
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