The city of Verona looks forward to the Pope’s visit. Tommasi (Mayor), “a city of dialogue and peace”

The city of Verona – “a crossroads of cultures and peoples”, in the words of the Pope – will welcome…

Pope Francis: “May Venice be a city of human fraternity”

Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to the Italian city of Venice, the first by a Pope to a Venice Biennale, began…

Pope Francis: “Let us pray for peace, that Palestine and Israel may be two States”

Pope Francis devoted Wednesday’s general audience to the three theological virtues of faith, hope and charity. He concluded with a…

United Kingdom: mgr. Arnold, “understanding what God wants of us as individuals, as a community and as a global humanity”

Pope Francis: “Our thoughts go to the peoples at war”

The Pope devoted Wednesday’s general audience to the virtue of temperance. He concluded with an appeal for the “peoples at…

Pope Francis: “War is everywhere, let us pray together and always for peace”

Pope Francis dedicated the catechesis of this Wednesday’s general audience to the virtue of fortitude, which allows us to “defeat…

Pope Francis: “Let us avoid all irresponsible attempts to broaden the conflict”

Pope Francis concluded today’s weekly general audience on the virtue of justice with a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire…

Pope Francis: “May the Lord give us peace”

Pope Francis resumed reading out the text of the catechesis dedicated to the virtue of patience. During the general audience,…

Pope Francis: “We must make every effort to negotiate an end to the war”

“I still cannot read.” With these words, the Holy Father entrusted the reading of the text of Wednesday’s General Audience,…

Pope Francis: “Let us pray for peace”

The Holy Father did not read the catechesis for Wednesday’s general audience because of a lingering cold, he told the…

Pope Francis: “Let us not forget the peoples suffering because of war”

The main text of the Pope’s Wednesday general audience was read out by Monsignor Ciampanelli: “I still have a bit…