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Pope arrives in Bangladesh, praises country’s welcome of Rohingya
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNS) — The government and people of Bangladesh have shown exemplary generosity in welcoming hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, despite great demands placed on already limited resources, Pope Francis said. Arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar Nov. 30, Pope Francis …
Pope, as ‘grandfather,’ urges Myanmar’s young to love and serve
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Before ending his visit to Myanmar, Pope Francis turned to the nation’s young Catholics, urging them to pursue lives of faith, hope and love. Celebrating Mass Nov. 30 in Yangon’s St. Mary’s Cathedral, the pope asked the youths to serve …
Buddhists, Christians must reclaim values that lead to peace, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Christians and Buddhists are called by faith to overcome evil with goodness and violence with peace, Pope Francis said during a meeting with leaders of Myanmar’s Buddhist community. Quoting St. Francis of Assisi and Buddha, the pope insisted that in …
Jesus maps the path to peace, reconciliation, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Jesus’ love “is like a spiritual GPS” that guides people past the everyday obstacles of fear and pride and allows them to find their way to a relationship with God and with their neighbors, Pope Francis said. Christ’s message of …
U.S., Mexico Catholic bishops meet to renew their ‘Alta-Baja’ friendship
IMAGE: CNS photo/Aida Bustos, Diocese of San Diego By Aida Bustos SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Three archbishops and nine bishops representing at least 13 million Catholics from Sacramento to the Mexican coastal city of Ensenada have resurrected their “Alta-Baja” friendship, paving the way to potentially working together in the future. …
Respect the rights of all groups, pope tells Myanmar’s leaders
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (CNS) — The plight of the ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state was front and center in speeches by Pope Francis and Aung San Suu Kyi, but neither publicly used the word Rohingya. After private meetings Nov. 28 with Myanmarese President …
Uniformity is greater threat to culture than differences are, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — In a small, informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders, Pope Francis went to the heart of his message for Myanmar: unity, not uniformity, is the secret to peace. Representatives of the Baptist, Anglican, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and …
Pope, USCCB president pray for victims of Egyptian mosque attack
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mohamed Soliman, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayer for the victims of a bombing at a mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai region. Addressing thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis said he received news of the …
Pope meets generals after brief welcome by children in Myanmar
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Greeted by two dozen children wearing traditional attire and by the nation’s bishops, Pope Francis arrived in Myanmar Nov. 27 for a four-day visit. The arrival ceremony at the Yangon airport was brief and led by an envoy of the …
Update: Build peace by welcoming migrants, refugees, pope says in message
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Exploiting a fear of migrants and refugees for political gain increases the possibility of violence and discrimination and does nothing to build a culture of peace, Pope Francis said in his message for World Peace Day 2018. “Those who, for what may be …