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  • Iraqi prelate still confident in papal visit despite recent terrorism

    Iraqi prelate still confident in papal visit despite recent terrorism

    • Jan 26, 2021

    Despite renewed security concerns after a series of recent terrorist attacks, one of Iraq’s top prelates has said preparations for Pope Francis’s upcoming visit are still underway.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Latest papal health scare doesn’t mean the end, but it may mean change

    • Jan 24, 2021

    Sciatica is not life-threatening, it doesn’t shorten the lifespan, and it doesn’t pose the risk of either physical or mental incapacity. That’s not to say it’s trivial – as Francis himself said talking about it in 2013, “I don’t wish it on anyone!” – but it’s not the sort of thing that raises questions about the pope’s ability to govern.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, pope tells ambassador

    Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, pope tells ambassador

    • Jan 14, 2021

    Pope Francis told Uruguay’s new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.

    By Junno Arocho Esteves
  • Iraqis say for local Christians, papal visit will ‘give us back our smile’

    Iraqis say for local Christians, papal visit will ‘give us back our smile’

    • Dec 14, 2020

    Locals say Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq is both a much-needed sign of encouragement for the battered local Christian community and an opportunity to promote unity and mutual respect among the country’s diverse population.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Papal travel during a pandemic – what impact will it have?

    Papal travel during a pandemic – what impact will it have?

    • Dec 11, 2020

    Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq in March will carry huge significance for the nation’s small and persecuted Christian minority living in an ancient culture with deep Christian roots, but it takes on special meaning given the coronavirus pandemic.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Pope to visit Iraq in March, ending COVID travel hiatus

    Pope to visit Iraq in March, ending COVID travel hiatus

    • Dec 7, 2020

    After a year of no travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Iraq in March – a trip he had hoped to take last year in a show of support to the nation’s small Christian minority, but which was impossible due to security concerns and COVID-19.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Empty Assisi reflects ‘fraternity of pain’ Pope Francis came to heal

    Empty Assisi reflects ‘fraternity of pain’ Pope Francis came to heal

    • Oct 3, 2020

    “Right now we’re experiencing a fraternity of pain all over the word,” Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi said, “a pain that strikes even the most powerful people in the world. We’ve felt our fragility, that we are all fragile.”

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Pope won’t visit East Timor, more trips in doubt

    Pope won’t visit East Timor, more trips in doubt

    • Mar 11, 2020

    The Vatican representative to East Timor said a visit by Pope Francis has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

    By Associated Press
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