Mauritius Archives

Africa trip planted new seeds of hope, pope says at audience

Catholic News Service, Pope in Madagascar, Vatican
Sep 11, 2019

Having gone to Africa as a pilgrim of peace and hope, Pope Francis said he hoped the seeds planted there by his visit would bear abundant fruit for everyone.

Pope calls on Mauritius to welcome and protect migrants

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 9, 2019

During the eight hours Pope Francis spent in Mauritius, a multiethnic island nation in the Indian Ocean, he urged the inhabitants of the country to remember their immigrant roots and to integrate those who are arriving as they were welcomed by their ancestors.

Pope honors Mauritius diversity, urges ethnical development

Associated Press, Pope in Madagascar
Sep 9, 2019

Pope Francis visited the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius on Monday to celebrate its diversity, encourage a more ethical development and honor a 19th century French missionary who ministered to freed slaves.

Climate, post-conflict peace on pope’s Africa agenda

Associated Press, Church in Africa, Pope in Madagascar
Sep 3, 2019

Pope Francis heads this week to the southern African nations of Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, visiting some of the world’s poorest countries in a region hard hit by some of his biggest concerns: Conflict, corruption and climate change.

Pope heads to “Three M’s” of the Indian Ocean, seeking peace and reconciliation

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 2, 2019

In Madagascar, Mozambique and Mauritius, Pope Francis will confront poverty that “surpasses reason,” corruption, jihadism, political and social instability, financial scandal, civil war and harsh weather that scientists believe will become steadily more extreme.