#Papal Visit

UK: Card. Nichols (primate) remembering Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. “He changed the perception of the Catholic Church in the country”

UK: 10th anniversary since Benedict XVI’s visit, online release of 23 speeches delivered by Pope, Queen Elizabeth and other religious leaders

South Sudan. Father Gandolfi (Friars minor): “May the Pope come and bring hope”

The possibility of a joint visit by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to South Sudan has…

The Pope in Japan: the Country with the highest suicide rates in the world and young “hikikomori.” The priest as a friend

“Protect all life” is the theme chosen for Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Japan next November 23 to 26. It’s…

Pope Francis’ visit to Mauritius. Félicité (Caritas): “Pilgrim of peace in a multiracial and multi-confessional country”

“Ours is a multiracial, multi-confessional country. The presence of Pope Francis among us as a pilgrim of peace will further…

Iraq. Card. Sako: “The Pope in Iraq like a new Ezekiel”

SIR spoke with Card. Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon in Baghdad, about Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, “probably in…

Romania awaits Bergoglio. Fr Danca: “Three days with the Pope, it will be a great feast”

Preparations are in full swing for Pope Francis’ visit to Bucharest, Iasi, Blaj and the Marian Shrine of Sumuleu Ciuc,…

Pope in Loreto: “Revive” John Paul II Centre “at national and international levels”. Open the shrine even at night 

Baltic countries: a joint book to tell the Pope’s trip to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania

Pope in Bulgaria and Macedonia: Bulgarian bishops, “visit under the sign of peace” to the country and to the Balkans

Latvia: socks and gloves knitted to mark Papal visit donated to war-torn Ukrainian people