"At the end of the half-hour meeting," Bruni said, "Pope Francis and the young people recited the Our Father together, "with their thoughts turned toward martyred Ukraine."
Pope Francis criticized Portuguese Catholic institutions for disregarding a decades-old sexual scandal that damaged their credibility and lost followers.
The Holy See Press Office said, “The results of these talks, such as those with religious representatives, as well as the direct experience of the atrocious suffering of the Ukrainian people as a result of the ongoing war, will be brought to the Holy Father’s attention.”
Vatican officials said the procedure had been agreed to in previous days because the pontiff suffers from recurrent, painful and worsening sub-occlusive syndrome due to a lacerated incisional hernia.
In his message for the 57th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Francis wrote that people involved in social communications should communicate honestly and sincerely.
“I wish you all well when you have to choose to make decisions, I believe that you know how to make good decisions to bring prosperity and peace to all families and countries,” said Pope Francis
Pope appoints Cardinal Filipe Neri as a member of the Section for Fundamental Issues of Evangelization in the World (New Evangelization) of the Dicastery for Evangelization.
“Urbi et Orbi” means “To the City [of Rome] and to the World.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year on Easter Sunday, Christmas, and other special occasions.
