Pope Francis

(Adds dropped slug. No changes to text.) VATICAN CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday urged Myanmar’s military leaders to free political prisoners and resume the country’s “brusquely interrupted” path to democracy. The pope made his appeal in his annual address to the diplomatic corps as tens of…

Pope Francis wearing a face mask attends an inter-religious prayer service for peace in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2020. REUTERS/ Guglielmo Mangiapane Published February 7, 2021 10:31pm VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed "solidarity with the people of Myanmar" following last week's military coup, urging the…

Updated 1 week ago · Published on 7 Feb 2021 10:00PM · People protesting against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, today. – EPA pic, February 7, 2021. POPE Francis today expressed “solidarity with the people of Myanmar” following last week’s military coup, urging the army to work towards “democratic…

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed “solidarity with the people of Myanmar” following last week’s military coup, urging the army to work towards “democratic coexistence” as thousands demonstrate in the streets. The pope was speaking as tens of thousands of protesters poured on to the streets of Yangon in the biggest…

Pope Francis speaks from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s Squsre during the weekly Angelus prayer on February 7, 2021 in the Vatican, during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)Pope Francis on Sunday expressed “solidarity with the people of Myanmar” following last week’s military…

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DUBAI: The Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and Moroccan-French activist Latifa Ibn Ziaten received the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity in a virtual ceremony on Thursday. Guterres won “for his work on unifying the world,” Adama Dieng, one of the judges, told Arab News, while Ibn Ziaten — whose son…

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Burhans’s family was nominally Catholic. She had attended a parochial school through third grade, and Mercyhurst and Canisius are both Catholic institutions. But when she went to church as a child, she said, “I’m pretty sure I was only in it for the doughnuts.” When she was twelve, the Boston…

Discovery+, the non-fiction subscription streaming service, has acquired and will globally launch the documentary film “Francesco” about Pope Francis. “Francesco” will provide an intimate look at His Holiness and his approach to complex issues like climate change, migration and refugees, female empowerment, sexual abuse and LBGTQ issues, the pandemic and…