Tag: Europe
Pope heads to Catholic Malta with migrant message
Pope Francis is the third pope since 1990 to visit the tiny archipelago, where Saint Paul was said to have shipwrecked in 60 AD
‘Enough!’ End war before it ends us, Pope Francis says as...
“Enough. Stop it. Silence the weapons. Move seriously toward peace,” Pope Francis said again in remarks after the Sunday Angelus March 27
Pope Francis appeals for joint political action for refugees and migrants
Pope Francis appealed for a joint effort to find concrete solutions to safeguard the lives and dignity of migrants arriving on the continent
Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’
“Let us not let our sea be transformed into a desolate sea of death. Let us not allow this place of encounter to become a theatre of conflict"
Pope Francis decries global ‘retreat from democracy’
"We cannot avoid noting with concern how today, and not only in Europe, we are witnessing a retreat from democracy”
Pope on Cyprus visit urges European unity amid migrant influx
The pope said "the presence of many of our migrant brothers and sisters" had made Cyprus "a true point of encounter"
Pope Francis calls for end to ‘instrumentalization’ of migrants
Pope Francis spoke after 27 people drowned in the Channel on Wednesday trying to reach Britain
Pope Francis to bishops: The saints spread the Gospel, not a...
Pope Francis told bishops to not just worry about secularization and a growing lack of faith, but to do something about it
Pope Francis: Christian faith in Europe is being ‘diluted by consumerism’
Pope Francis said that the answer to Europe’s watered-down faith was the “healing that comes from prayer, witness, and humble love.”
From China to Germany, floods expose climate vulnerability
The recent floods in China and Europe reinforced the message that significant changes will have to be made to prepare for similar events