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Pope Francis offered his closeness to the victims of Ecuador’s earthquake during his Angelus on Sunday.

Pope Francis offered his closeness to the victims of the Freddy Cyclone in Malawi during his General Audience on Wednesday. Pope Francis prayed for the dead, the injured and the displaced due to Cyclone Freddy.

Pope Francis named Nigerian Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu to be the Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization, and the New Particular Churches on Wednesday.

"Ten years have passed," Italian bishops wrote, "since that 'good evening' which introduced you to the Church and to the whole world. From that moment, your words and your gestures have continued to move hearts, to surprise, to speak to each and every one of us."

Pope Francis renewed the Council of Cardinals, also known as ‘C9,’ on Tuesday due to the expiration of the previous council's mandate.

Pope Francis met with the priests, deacons, seminarians, and staff from Saint Mary's Seminary in Cleveland, Ohio, celebrating their seminary's 175th founding anniversary and encouraged them to listen to the Lord, walk together, and offer witness as the Church in its synodal journey and their journey for ordination.

Pope Francis urged the editors and staff of the Italian TV program, In His Image (A Sua Immagine) in a private audience on Saturday, to ‘globalize’ solidarity, not indifference, and praised for highlighting many Gospel witnesses with their experiences of life and service.

"Christ is our future" is the motto that will accompany Pope Francis' 41st Apostolic Journey abroad, which will take him to Budapest, Hungary, from 28 to 30 April.

Pope Francis expressed his condolences and prayers for the victims of train crash in Greece, in which 36 people died and over 85 were injured.

Pope Francis plans to journey to Hungary from 28 to 30 April, according to the statement from the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, announced on Monday. This Papal visit will mark Pope's 41st journey abroad.

Pope Francis prayed for those who died, those who were missing, and the survivors of the migrants shipwreck near Crotone on the Calabrian coast during the bad weather on Sunday early morning.

The Pope said that the ashes reminds us of who we are, recalling the “essential truth of our lives: that the Lord alone is God and we are the work of His hands.”

Pope Francis called Lent and the Synod on Synodality a 'strenuous mountain trek.' “The Lenten journey of penance and the journey of the Synod alike have as their goal a transfiguration, both personal and ecclesial,” Pope emphasized.

While the Pope issued his appeal during Sunday's Angelus, he too put words into action through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.

Pope's appeal to Nicaragua’s political leaders comes in the context of the sentencing of Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa to 26 years of imprisonment and the expulsion of 222 political detainees.

“Being close to those in pain is difficult, you know that well. That is why I say to you: do not be discouraged!” Pope Francis stressed.

The Pope invited those present, "Let us pray together that these brothers and sisters of ours may move forward in the face of this tragedy, and let us ask Our Lady to protect them: Hail Mary, ..."

“I am deeply saddened to learn of the huge loss of life caused by a powerful earthquake that has struck south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria,” Pope Francis said.

'Sometimes I think that we should put a sign on the door of parishes that says, “Free admission.” Parishes should be close-knit communities, without bureaucracy, people-centered —a place where the gift of the sacraments can be found,' Pope Francis.

Pope Francis entrusted his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of South Sudan to Mother Mary as usual at the Saint Mary Major Basilica on Monday afternoon.