World
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International
7/24/2022 10:50:11 AM
Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma.
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Egypt
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Society
7/17/2022 5:21:25 PM
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led the Sunday mass at Holy Virgin Of Zeitoun Coptic Orthodox Church in Vienna with the participation of a large number of priests and Copts in Austria.
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World
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International
7/17/2022 4:03:24 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers to accompany him on what he called his ``penitential'' pilgrimage to Canada to apologize to Indigenous groups for abuses inflicted by the Catholic church.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/14/2022 6:51:53 PM
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark's Diocese arrived in Austria on Thursday for a two-week visit, according to state news agency MENA.
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Egypt
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Society
7/3/2022 6:56:51 PM
Head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II congratulated on Sunday President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, state officials and Islamic leaders ahead of Eid El-Adha, which starts this year on 9 July.
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World
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Africa
7/3/2022 2:14:07 PM
Pope Francis greeted members of the Congolese community in Rome, borrowing words from their native languages Sunday to wish them peace and joy during an especially vibrant ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica.
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World
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International
7/2/2022 8:31:14 PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose $44 billion bid to buy Twitter remains in limbo, used the social media platform to announce he had met with Pope Francis.
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World
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Africa
7/2/2022 3:26:14 PM
Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to ``turn a page'' and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development.
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Sports
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World
6/23/2022 9:39:10 PM
Newcastle signed England goalkeeper Nick Pope from Burnley in a deal worth a reported £10 million ($12 million) on Thursday.
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World
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International
6/20/2022 7:28:17 PM
Pope Francis has fuelled the rumour mill with a postponed Africa trip and the curious timing of an upcoming meeting of cardinals, but experts caution against assuming a resignation is nigh.
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Egypt
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Society
6/13/2022 11:53:24 PM
Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Sea of Saint Mark, and Egypt’s Minister of the Environment Yasmine Fouad signed on Monday a cooperation protocol on environmental protection.
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World
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Africa
6/12/2022 3:28:46 PM
Pope Francis said Sunday he hoped to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan as soon as possible, after cancelling an upcoming visit due to a knee problem.
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World
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International
6/5/2022 11:02:30 PM
Pope Francis added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate by announcing he would visit the central Italian city of L'Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013.
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World
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International
6/5/2022 11:18:22 AM
Pope Francis added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate by announcing he would visit the central Italian city of L'Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013.
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World
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Africa
5/28/2022 6:53:07 PM
Pope Francis, the archbishop of Canterbury and the leader of a the church of Scotland will together lead a prayer vigil for peace while visiting South Sudan next month, the Vatican said Saturday.
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Egypt
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Society
5/17/2022 5:30:44 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in his meeting on Tuesday in Cairo with church heads participating in the General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) that citizenship and equal rights for all are constant values guiding the Egyptian state’s approach towards all citizens.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/17/2022 2:21:59 PM
The Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, is heading to Kyiv this week as the Holy See seeks to balance its concern for Ukrainians amid Russia's war with its efforts to keep open a channel of dialogue with Moscow.
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World
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Region
5/9/2022 8:30:00 PM
Pope Francis has postponed a trip to Lebanon initially planned for June over health concerns, Lebanon's tourism minister Walid Nassar said Monday.
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World
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Africa
5/7/2022 2:47:05 PM
Pope Francis, whose mobility has been limited of late by a nagging knee problem, is looking forward to visiting South Sudan in July, according to a joint message by the pontiff, the archbishop of Canterbury and a Scottish church official.
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World
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International
5/4/2022 3:24:01 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Pope Francis and top Vatican officials in talks about the need for ``a world free of nuclear weapons,'' the Vatican said Wednesday.
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