In his Message for the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will take place on 28 July 2024, Pope Francis recognizes the situation of many elderly people today, and assures them: “God never abandons His children, never.”

“Do not cast me off in my old age” (cf. Ps 71:9): This sincere plea, taken from Psalm 71, is the theme of the Fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will take place on 28 July 2024… Kompli aqra »

Dear brothers and sisters!

The development of systems of artificial intelligence, to which I devoted my recent Message for the World Day of Peace, is radically affecting the world of information and communication, and through it, certain foundations of life in society. These changes affect everyone, not merely professionals in those fields. The rapid spread of astonishing innovations, whose workings and potential are beyond the ability of most of us to understand and appreciate, has proven both exciting and disorienting… Kompli aqra »

1. “Spes non confundit”, “it-tama ma tqarraqx” (Rum 5:5). F’isem it-tama l-Appostlu Pawlu jimla bil-kuraġġ lill-komunità Nisranija ta’ Ruma. It-tama hi wkoll il-messaġġ ewlieni tal-Ġublew li jmiss, li skont tradizzjoni antika l-Papa jsejjaħ kull ħamsa u għoxrin sena. Jiġuni f’moħħi l-pellegrini tat-tama kollha li se jiġu Ruma biex jgħixu s-Sena Mqaddsa u dawk li, għalkemm ma jistgħux jiġu fil-belt tal-Appostli Pietru u Pawlu, se jiċċelebrawh fil-Knejjes partikulari… Kompli aqra »

In an interview with CBS, Pope Francis calls for an end to the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and around the world. He says there is room for everyone in the Church pointing out that if a parish priest doesn’t seem welcoming, one can look elsewhere: “There is always a place, don’t run away from the Church.”

Referring in particular to the wars in Ukraine, in Gaza and others that continue to ravage the world, Pope Francis said ” Please, countries at war, all of them… Stop the war… Kompli aqra »