At a recent press conference in Rome, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk said, “It is necessary to put aside internal disagreements and unite efforts for saving Christianity in the regions where it is subjected to the most severe persecution.” Hilarion is…

Pope Francis was prepared to do everything he could to get a climate change agreement signed in Paris. But Cardinal Peter Turkson, who helped draft the papal encyclical on climate said Pope Francis has “deep trust” that negotiators in Paris…

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On October 31 there will be a one-day ecumenical commemoration in Lund, Sweden of the start of the Protestant Reformation. And Pope Francis will be on hand to conduct a worship service for the 500th anniversary of the posting of…

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, the president of the Republic of Togo met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on January 28. He then met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard. A Vatican statement said, “During the…

In an effort to deepen unity, Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s mistreatment of other Christians, and called on Catholics to forgive followers of those traditions for any offenses of “today and in the past.” Rome increasingly covers her…

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Pope Francis cordially met with Angelo Savarin, the President of the Commonwealth of Dominica. They discussed the good bilateral relations between the Holy See and the Caribbean island nation, which is 61 percent Catholic. Like with almost every other nation,…

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Pope Francis, a self-confessed tech “dinosaur,” met with the longtime CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, for a private audience on January 15. While there is much speculation about the 15-minute meeting at the Vatican, it is not clear what the…

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