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Pope Francis suspends appointments for medical check-ups
… to have a busy summer of travel, with likely trips to Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Canada. Francis is currently scheduled to celebrate Mass in St. Peter's …
An 'Easter of war': A Holy Week diary from Rome
… to undertake his likely travels in the next six months to Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Canada and Kazakhstan. While this is a pope that seems determined to "go on," …
World Council of Churches faces calls to expel Russian Orthodox Church
… yeas, he noted, is the Kimbanguist Church, a tradition based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that the WCC suspended over disagreements regarding their interpretation of the Trinity, a …
African Catholics in NYC find community at French Mass
… and Belgian colonies in West and Central Africa, such as Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo and Congo. "The African community here come from different countries with their own languages, so …
Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed Brandsma, others
… by St. John XXIII in 1963. The sainthood causes of six members of the order who died in Congo in 1995 caring for victims of Ebola also are underway. Blessed Giustino Maria Russolillo, …
Pope Francis to travel to South Sudan and the Congo in July
… to the war-torn nation of South Sudan in July, after first visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Vatican announced on March 3. The historic July 2-7 trip will mark the pope’s third … has visited the world's youngest nation of South Sudan and only the second papal visit to the Congo, which is home to Africa's largest Catholic population. Both the Archbishop of Canterbury, … and religious leaders and confirmed that a papal visit was on the horizon. As for the Congo, the pope mentioned his desire to visit the African nation in an October 2021 interview …
Pope will visit Malta in April after virus postponed 2020 trip
… he has had longstanding plans to visit South Sudan, and there is talk of a possible stop in Congo. In addition, Francis has said he hopes to visit Lebanon soon, though conditions there will …
Book highlights vulnerability of refugees in meatpacking plants across American Midwest
… "James" Mugereke and his family escaped violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo only to find their family in a tent camp in Zimbabwe where malnutrition was prevalent and … find work in the Corn Belt. Since the 1980s, refugees from Mexico, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Honduras, Guatemala, Myanmar and Vietnam have come to the Midwest …
Pope Francis spends 85th birthday greeting new refugee arrivals to Italy
… from the Holy See Press Office said the migrants, who hail from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Somalia and Syria, will be supported directly by Francis. The international …
Returning to migrant hotspot of Lesbos, Pope Francis chides world leaders for an 'indifference that kills'
… a "thumbs up" while posing for photographs. As refugee families from Afghanistan, Syria, the Congo and elsewhere gathered under a white tent, Francis said he was "here to see your faces and …
In a divided Cyprus, Pope Francis pleads for an end to 'walls of fear'
… and Greece. Prior to departing for Cyprus on Dec. 2, the pope met with 12 refugees from Syria, Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan who came to Italy from Lesbos, a Greek island he visited in 2016 …