For his third appointment of the ‘School of Prayer’ preparing for the 2025 Jubilee, Pope Francis meets an unsuspecting group of about 30 families in a Roman condominium garage from a parish in the city’s western outskirts, and acknowledges that while fighting is normal, to try to make amends.

This time the venue was not a parish hall or theater, but rather a condominium garage with a gravel floor, brick walls, trees and ivy all around, with shutters hiding parked cars and residents peering from balconies… Kompli aqra »

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“Il-Papa qatt ma kellu l-intenzjoni li joffendi jew jesprimi lilu nnifsu f’termini omofobiċi, u jitlob apoloġija lil dawk li ħassewhom imweġġgħin mill-użu ta’ terminu, kif irrapportat minn oħrajn.”

Id-Direttur tal-Uffiċċju Stampa tas-Santa Sede, Matteo Bruni, għamel din l-istqarrija nhar it-Tlieta bi tweġiba għall-mistoqsijiet minn ġurnalisti dwar l-użu ta’ terminu dwar l-ammissjoni ta’ persuni omosesswali fis-seminarju.

“Il-Papa Franġisku hu konxju mill-artikli riċenti dwar konverżazzjoni privata li kellu mal-isqfijiet tal-Konferenza Episkopali Taljana… Kompli aqra »

We no longer have a “war fought piecemeal,” but a real “world war.” The Pope acknowledged this situation at the end of his Wednesday General Audience held with thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

Prayers for Ukraine, the Middle East, Myanmar

Pope Francis deviated from his prepared remarks and listed the countries suffering due to conflicts: “martyred Ukraine,” where the rain of Russian drones continues; the Middle East, where the death toll from bombings continues; and, Myanmar, with its internal crisis and the plight of the Rohingya… Kompli aqra »