Pope Francis met religious leaders of different faiths at an Interreligious and Ecumenical Meeting for Peace in Dhaka in 2017. During the event he also blessed a group of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. (Photos by Joe Torres)
Pope Francis has dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in remote areas, reaffirming the Catholic Church’s centuries-old commitment to celibacy among priests.
‘Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28)’, is the title of the Holy Father’s Message for the 28th World Day of the Sick, held today, February 11, the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes.
