Pope Francis appealed for help for the people of Myanmar, especially those who have been displaced due to the ongoing conflict in the country following the February 1 military coup.
Pope Francis addressed an International Labor Organization (ILO) summit Thursday, calling for dignified working conditions and support for workers on the margins of the labor market still affected by pandemic losses.
Pope Francis urged the faithful to keep on praying even in difficult times as he concluded his catechetical cycle on prayer, which began in May 2020, on Wednesday, June 16.
Pope Francis urged people to continue to listen to the “cry of the earth and to the cry of the poor” as the Catholic Church marked the end of the “Laudato si Year” observance on Monday, May 24.
Jesuit priest Stephen Chow Sau-yan, 61, has been named the ninth Catholic bishop of the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong on Monday, May 17.
Pope Francis called on the people of Myanmar “to keep the faith” and to not allow themselves to be divided amid the conflict brought about by the military coup in the Southeast Asian country.
Catholic faithful in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Bonpara in northwestern Bangladesh joined Pope Francis in the recitation of the Holy Rosary for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pope Francis called on Catholics around the world to pray during the month of May for the regulation of financial markets to “protect citizens from its dangers.”
