Tag: Papal Visit
Interfaith leaders visit pope ahead of trip to Indonesia
Pope Francis is just a couple of weeks away from his nearly two-week long trip to Asia. Following his Wednesday General Audience, he spent an extended amount of time with a group who travelled from Indonesia to greet him.
Hopes of pope visiting Spain to commemorate 40th anniversary of JPII’s...
In 1984, Pope John Paul II travelled to Spain for the second time. He was only in the country for 16 hours and his only destination was the city of Zaragoza, where he prayed before the Virgin of Pilar.
Pope adds Luxembourg and Belgium to September travel plans
Pope Francis will travel to Luxembourg and Belgium in September. The official dates have been confirmed by the Vatican, but the program of the visit has not yet been released.
A lonely voice for peace: Francis steps into a war zone...
Repeating a phrase he used in a video message to the Iraqi people on the eve of his visit, Pope Francis told the civic authorities, "I come as a penitent, asking forgiveness of heaven and my brothers and sisters for so much destruction and cruelty ..."
Building bridges in Morocco
By Cindy Wooden
There was a moment during Pope Francis’s flying 28-hour visit on 30 March to Morocco, an overwhelmingly Muslim country, when hearts stopped...
