Francis will travel to India only after 2025, says Minister Kurian. Vatican City (AsiaNews) – Pope Francis created ... artisans of communion and builders of unity. This is your mission!” ...

Pope Francis called for the sound of arms "to be ... German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for unity following the deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg. Ukraine, which used ...

It followed a similar plea from the Pope at the traditional Christmas Eve ... that are wrong and find the courage to change them,” Francis said. “Hope calls us to become pilgrims in search ...

Pope Francis expressed solidarity with the Christian communities in Lebanon and Syria and called for dialogue across the wider region, “devastated by conflict,” while encouraging the people of Libya ...

Pope Francis has proposed celebrating the 1,700th ... was delivered by Cardinal Kurt Koch — who heads the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity — during a visit to Istanbul for the patronal feast of ...

Pope Francis also expressed his closeness to the Christian communities in Lebanon and in Syria in the midst of transition. He prayed "the doors of dialogue and peace be flung open throughout the ...

Pope Francis has called on the Syrian rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad's regime to stabilzse the country, and govern to promote national unity ... the Christian population in the ...

Pope Francis also expressed his closeness to the Christian communities in Lebanon and in Syria in the midst of transition. He prayed "the doors of dialogue and peace be flung open throughout the ...

Francis said the new cardinals "come from different backgrounds and cultures", urging them to be "witnesses of fraternity, artisans of communion and builders of unity". Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, ...

Pope Francis ... singling out Christian communities in Israel and the Palestinian territories, particularly in Gaza where the humanitarian situation is extremely grave, as well as Lebanon and Syria at ...