Urbi et Orbi Archives

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

Vatican
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.”

In Christmas 2018 message, Francis models good classroom practice

News Analysis
Dec 25, 2018

If we reframe the pope’s Christmas ‘Urbi et Orbi’ address not as a policy speech but a pedagogical exercise, then the lack of originality makes sense.

Pope makes ‘Christmas wish’ for fraternity to overcome violence, conflict

Vatican
Dec 25, 2018

On Christmas day 2018, Pope Francis prayed that a sense of fraternity may overcome violent conflicts raging around the world.

Vatican publishes pope’s Christmas schedule

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Dec 10, 2018

Pope Francis has a full schedule of Christmastime liturgies planned for December and January, including the customary baptism of newborn babies Jan. 13, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

In Easter Urbi et Orbi, Pope prays for ‘swift end’ to bloody war in Syria

Vatican
Apr 1, 2018

In his Easter Sunday “Urbi et Orbi” address, to the city and the world, Pope Francis prayed for a swift end to the war in Syria, dialogue on the Korean Peninsula, and peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

On heels of UN vote, Pope urges peace in Jerusalem and two-state solution

Vatican
Dec 25, 2017

Just days after the UN voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to transfer the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Pope Francis used his Christmas message to pray for peace in Jerusalem and a two-state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.