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Pope Francis expresses sympathy over Creeslough tragedy

Pope Francis has sent a message of sympathy following the Creeslough tragedy. Ten people lost their lives after an explosion at a service station in the town on Friday afternoon. The devastation has reverberated around the globe. Pope Francis has ...

09 Oct 2022 at 16:06

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'How much more blood has to flow?' - Pope appeals to Putin to end ‘spiral of violence’ in Ukraine

Pope Francis has implored Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, and denounced the “absurd” risk to humanity of catastrophic nuclear war as tensions escalate. The pontiff made his strongest plea ...

02 Oct 2022 at 13:46

Pope apologises for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada

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Pope apologises for ‘devastating’ school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis has apologised for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of indigenous residential schools. He said the forced assimilation of native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed ...

26 Jul 2022 at 10:31

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Pope travels to Canada to apologise for the 'evil' done to Native peoples by Catholic missionaries

The Pope’s trip to Canada to apologise for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pontiff from the Americas and the discovery of ...

23 Jul 2022 at 12:06

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'My heart aches' - Pope urges people to fast for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday

Pope Francis is urging people across the world to make Ash Wednesday a day of fasting for peace in Ukraine. He made the call following days of worldwide tension and unrest as Russian president, Vladimir Putin, launched troops into ...

27 Feb 2022 at 13:34

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'We can never take peace for granted' - Archbishop asks Irish catholics to pray for Ukraine

Archbishop Eamon Martin is asking Irish catholics to unite with Pope Francis in praying and fasting for Ukraine this Lent. The archbishop made the comments yesterday (Tuesday March 1) ahead of Ash Wednesday today, and is ...

02 Mar 2022 at 13:41

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Pope Francis’ World Communications Day message informs our journey on the Synodal Pathway– Archbishop Martin

To mark World Communications Day on Ascension Sunday, which falls on 29 May, Pope Francis’ communications message this year addresses the theme of listening with the ear of the heart. The Holy Father is inviting all of ...

24 May 2022 at 17:02

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Pope Francis condemns Putin over Russia’s ‘infantile’ war in Ukraine

Pope Francis has said he is considering a visit to Kyiv as he condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a “savage” war. Speaking after his arrival in Malta, he delivered his most pointed and ...

02 Apr 2022 at 15:31

National News

Pope Francis criticises Russia’s war in Ukraine and appeals for peace

Pope Francis has told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war. He asked at an outdoor Mass in Kazakhstan “how many deaths will ...

14 Sept 2022 at 15:30

National News

Pope Francis praises 13th century pontiff who resigned to live hermit's life

Pope Francis made a pilgrimage to an Italian mountain town on Sunday and hailed the humility of a 13th century pontiff who resigned to live a hermit’s life, praising him for using his brief papacy to ...

29 Aug 2022 at 12:03

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Catholics mourn former pope at funeral in St Peter's Square

Pope Francis has honoured his predecessor Benedict XVI, presiding over a rare requiem Mass for a dead pontiff by a living one in front of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square. Bells tolled and ...

05 Jan 2023 at 12:51

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Giving reading at Benedict XVI funeral ‘an honour’, says Donegal woman

An Irish woman who gave a reading at the funeral of the former pope Benedict XVI has said it was an honour. Thousands of mourners gathered in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday for the ...

05 Jan 2023 at 14:49

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