FATHER JACQUES HAMEL (1932-2016) MARTYRED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK INSIDE A CHURCH IN SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY (FRANCE) WHILE CELEBRATING THE HOLY MASS. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is horrified and shocked by an attack in a church in Rouen, in northern France, where a priest was slain and another hostage was seriously wounded. A statement released by Fr…
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POPE FRANCIS MAKES PLEA FOR PEACE IN SYRIA: DIALOGUE IS THE ONLY PATH WHICH WILL LEAD TO PEACE.
POPE FRANCIS MAKES PLEA FOR PEACE IN SYRIA: DIALOGUE IS THE ONLY PATH WHICH WILL LEAD TO PEACE. Dear brethren in Christ, it has already been more than four-and-a-half years since the Syrian civil war has started, causing more than 250,000 people dead and 12 million people displaced from their homes. Let us…
POPE FRANCIS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN.
POPE FRANCIS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN After the Regina Caeli, the Holy Father prayed for the victims of the terrorist attack on Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan, in which more than 70 people were killed: Dear Brothers and Sisters, yesterday, in central Pakistan, Holy Easter was bloodied by an abominable attack, that…
Sept. 7, 2015: PRAYERS FOR PEACE IN SYRIA AND FOR THE REFUGEES IN EUROPE AND ALL OVER THE WORLD
September 7, 2015: DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE URGENT PRAYERS FOR PEACE IN SYRIA AND MIDEAST REGION AND FOR THE REFUGEES IN EUROPE AND ALL OVER THE WORLD NEEDED Dear friends, as the Holy Father has repeated many times in the previous years, we need to pray for peace, particularly in Syria, and for the…
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