Jeepney strike under way in Philippines as deadline to modernise nears
A three-day Jeepney strike by drivers in the Philippines commenced on Monday, highlighting concerns from transport groups about the potential ...
Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis plans to visit Mongolia
Pope Francis said Friday he plans to visit Mongolia, the world's most sparsely populated sovereign country. The Pope said in ...
Pope to visit Canada to apologize for Indigenous abuses
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who has been using a wheelchair because of a bad knee, is going ahead with ...
Cardinal: Pope OK’d spending 1M euros to free kidnapped nun
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked ...
Pope’s Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope
VATICAN CITY — His appeals for an Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine went unheeded. His planned meeting with the head ...
Pope offers to meet Putin, still waiting to hear back
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet ...
Pope appoints key posts, including nun in development office
ROME — Pope Francis made key appointments in his newly reformed Vatican bureaucracy Saturday, naming new deputies for the doctrine ...
Hungary’s Orban meets pope with Ukraine war as backdrop
VATICAN CITY — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday as the war ...
Pope marks Holy Thursday ahead of prison feet-washing ritual
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Holy Thursday, hours before he was ...
Pope Francis denounces ‘folly of war’ in Palm Sunday homily
VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St. Peter’s Square for the first time since the pandemic, ...
