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ClaudettePope Francis and Assyrian Church of the East Patriarch Mar Gewargis III Pledge Joint Commitment to Persecuted Christians in Middle East
Pope Francis received Patriarch Mar Cuerkis III of the Church of the East at the Holy See this morning. According to the Vatican News report, the Pope first...
Pope Francis and Church of the East Patriarch Mar Curtis III Sign Joint Declaration on Middle East Christians
Pope Francis and Patriarch Mar Curtis III of the Church of the East signed a joint declaration at the Vatican on Friday, 9 November 2018. The two leaders...
Vatican Postal Service Presents Stamp Marking Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Anniversaries
The Post and Philately Service of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of the Vatican City State has issued a postage stamp with special postmarks, along with...
Pope Francis Praises Salvation Army for Service to Poor and Homeless
Pope Francis has honoured The Salvation Army for its Christian witness and its service to the poor. Speaking on Friday at the Vatican, where he received the head...
Pope Leo XIV meets Bob Dylan in Vatican City, Holy See
Pope Leo XIV and the musician Bob Dylan met on a Wednesday at the Vatican, according to reports. The Vatican newspaper confirmed the meeting, saying the Pope had...
Pope Francis Praises 21 Coptic Orthodox Martyrs Killed by ISIS in 2015
Pope Francis has praised the witness of 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians killed by ISIS in 2015, calling them “saints of all Christians.” He spoke in a video message...
Pope Warns Syro-Malabar Church Leaders Against Division Over Liturgy
For more than twenty years, division over liturgy has marked the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church based primarily in India. Leaders of the Church traveled to Rome...
GwenAbuse survivors’ group announces International Criminal Court proceedings against Pope Benedict XVI and other Catholic Church officials
The American Association “S.N.P.”, which says it represents children sexually abused by some priests, announced on Tuesday that it had brought proceedings against Pope Benedict XVI and other...
Pope Leo XIV Says Church Teaching on Sexuality and Marriage Is Unlikely to Change Soon
Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, was elected pope on May 8, 2025, and took the name Leo XIV. The source notes that he...
