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  • Pope’s Easter messages highlights conflicts around the world

    Pope’s Easter messages highlights conflicts around the world

    • Apr 5, 2021

    During his Easter message on Sunday, Pope Francis said it was “scandalous” that despite the pandemic still spreading, causing a severe social and economic crisis, armed conflicts are still ongoing and military arsenals are being strengthened.

    By Inés San Martín
  • Pope on Easter calls for faster, fairer distribution of COVID vaccines

    Pope on Easter calls for faster, fairer distribution of COVID vaccines

    • Apr 4, 2021

    Pope Francis on Easter morning offered words of consolation to all those still struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and urged pharmaceutical companies to speed up the production of COVID-19 vaccines amid global delays.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Key papal moments illustrate challenges of new COVID-19 lockdowns

    Key papal moments illustrate challenges of new COVID-19 lockdowns

    • Nov 16, 2020

    As both the United States and Europe face resurgences of the coronavirus pandemic and are moving towards new lockdowns in many places, it’s a good time to look back at the experience of the first wave in the spring and take stock of lessons learned.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Unpacking the “Italy good, America bad” meme on the coronavirus

    Unpacking the “Italy good, America bad” meme on the coronavirus

    • Aug 9, 2020

    For most of my adult life, Italy has been a global exemplar of how not to run a country, struggling to provide even basic public services such as garbage collection or fixing potholes. Now all of a sudden, Italy has become a case study in efficiency and leadership.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Say what you will about the Vatican, there’s no denying its sense of drama

    Say what you will about the Vatican, there’s no denying its sense of drama

    • Jun 22, 2020

    If we’re going to moan about the Vatican – and, in many ways, isn’t that the favorite indoor sport of Catholics everywhere? – we also need to acknowledge its strengths, and high on that list has to be its remarkable sense of drama.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • On an Easter under quarantine, Pope calls resurrection a ‘contagion of hope’

    On an Easter under quarantine, Pope calls resurrection a ‘contagion of hope’

    • Apr 12, 2020

    On Easter Sunday Pope Francis prayed for all those suffering due to either global conflict or the coronavirus, saying Christ’s resurrection brings both light and hope to the darkness of an oppressed and suffering world.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • From Syria to Venezuela, Pope urges peace and softening ‘stony hearts’

    From Syria to Venezuela, Pope urges peace and softening ‘stony hearts’

    • Dec 25, 2019

    As he does every year, Pope Francis issued a special blessing on Christmas, offering prayers of peace for migrants and all countries facing violent conflict and asking Christians to do their part in showing God’s love in their daily actions.

    By Elise Harris
  • On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis condemns ‘cruel violence’ in Sri Lanka

    On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis condemns ‘cruel violence’ in Sri Lanka

    • Apr 21, 2019

    Pope Francis on Easter Sunday offered prayers for the hundreds killed and injured in a series of bombings in Sri Lanka earlier that morning, calling the attacks an act of “cruel violence.”

    By Elise Harris
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