Tag: Pope
Chilean bishops offer mass resignation to Pope over abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY: In an unprecedented move, 34 Chilean bishops said on Friday they had offered to resign en masse after attending a crisis meeting...
Pope set to be blunt with Chile bishops to unravel abuse...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis wants Chile's bishops to owe up to the "devastating wounds" inflicted on the Church's credibility by a cover-up of clergy...
Rome bans protests ahead of Erdogan talks with pope
VATICAN CITY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Pope Francis on Monday, with a protest ban imposed in central Rome as feelings run...
Pope calls worldwide day of prayer, fasting for peace on Feb...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis invited Roman Catholics and members of all other religions on Sunday to observe a day of prayer, fasting, and initiatives...
Pope Francis urges end to violence against women
TRUJILLO: Pope Francis on Saturday urged Latin America's faithful to fight rampant violent crime against women including murder while holding mass in Trujillo.
"I wish...
Pope calls on public for eradicating corruption in Peru
LIMA: Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru on Monday, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean...
Pope Francis urges protection of Amazon from ‘consumerist greed’
PUERTO MALDONADO: Pope Francis issued a ringing defence of the people and the environment of the Amazon on Friday, saying big business and “consumerist...
Pope Francis shocks Chile by accusing sex victims of ‘calumny’
SANTIGO: Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious paedophile of slander on Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal...
Native Peruvians await Pope Francis in Amazon
PUERTO MALDONADO: After lengthy treks through the muddy Amazon, indigenous men, women and children will greet Pope Francis on Friday in a visit to...
Pope visits Chile’s migrants before leaving for Peru
SANTIAGO: Pope Francis wraps up his Chile visit Thursday by meeting with members of the South American nation’s booming immigrant community, who are flocking...
Chile: Pope asks forgiveness over sex-abuse scandal
SANTIAGO: Pope Francis, arriving in Chile to begin a three-day visit, opened his trip by asking for forgiveness over a local priest-abuse scandal that...
Pope arrives in Chile to alter battered Church credibility
SANTIAGO: Pope Francis arrived in Chile on Monday to start a trip aimed at bolstering the credibility of a local Church battered by a...
Pope demands measures to resolve Rohingya exodus
--Francis won’t visit refugee camps, will host interfaith peace meeting in Dhaka
DHAKA: Pope Francis demanded on Thursday that the international community take decisive measures...
Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh amid tight security
DHAKA: Pope Francis has arrived in Bangladesh for the second leg of his six-day trip to Asia amid tight airport security.
Huge banners with pictures...
Pope in Myanmar preaches forgiveness to a nation accused of ethnic...
Pope Francis spread a message of forgiveness in a historic open-air mass before a sea of worshippers in Yangon on Wednesday, during a visit...
Pope deliberately avoids using ‘Rohingya’ in key Myanmar speech
Pope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding "respect for each ethnic group" but without referring specifically to its Muslim Rohingya community.
Rights...
Pope reaches Myanmar in shadow of Rohingya crisis
YANGON: Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the leader of the Roman Catholic church to majority-Buddhist...
