Tag: Pope Francis
the European Union must dialogue with Russia, pleads France
While European Foreign Ministers are meeting Monday January 24 in Brussels on the subject of Russian-Ukrainian tensions, France pleaded on Sunday January 23 for a direct dialogue between the European…
The bishops of France comforted by Pope Francis in their fight against child crime
On Monday, December 13, the leaders of the Church of France were received at the Vatican and handed over the report of the Independent Commission on Sexual Violence in the…
In the spotlight: the Russian threat in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier patrols a trench. We are in the Donetsk region, camouflage atmosphere: image of this war which has lasted for almost eight years in eastern Ukraine. A front…
Pope Francis at the bedside of migrants on the island of Lesbos
Five years after his first visit to the island of Lesbos in the midst of a migratory crisis, the Pope is once again on the move in a migrant camp…
new symbolic visit of Pope Francis to Lesbos
At the heart of a three-day visit to Greece, an Orthodox country, the Pope made a stopover this Sunday in the Lesvos refugee camp where just over 2,000 asylum seekers…
in Athens, the Pope denounces a Europe “torn by nationalist egoisms”
During a statement on the subject of migrants at the door of the European Union, the sovereign pontiff blasted Europe, believing that it was “torn by nationalist selfishness”. It was…
Before the Pope’s arrival in Lesbos, the reception conditions for migrants are slightly improved
After a first stopover in Cyprus, the Pope begins this Saturday, December 4, a three-day visit to Greece, which will be marked in particular by a visit to Lesbos on…
Pope Francis begins four-day trip to the Mediterranean
Pope Francis is expected this Thursday, December 2 in Cyprus, then in Greece on Saturday where he will make his 35th apostolic journey since his election. A four-day trip that…
In his Sunday prayer of the Angelus, the Pope again mentions migrants
Pope Francis expresses his “ pain ”After the recent tragedies involving migrants in the Channel, on the Belarusian border, or in the Mediterranean. At the end of the Sunday prayer…
The Archbishop of Paris offers his resignation to the Pope to “preserve the diocese”
The Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, implicated for having had an ambiguous relationship with a woman, presented his resignation to the Pope. General practitioner, late vocation, Mgr Aupetit was ordained…