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Pope Francis February 26 in the Wednesday General Audience

General Audience: Pope prays for coronavirus victims, Iraq, Air Italy employees under threat of mass layoffs – full text

Pope Francis' message for Lent 2020

In message for Lent, Pope hits out at “idolatry” of “unbridled thirst for profit”, appeals for “more just and inclusive” economy

Vatican rep to UN in Geneva decries $2 trillion world spends on arms

Vatican rep to UN in Geneva decries $1.8 trillion world spends on arms: “How can we love our neighbour?”

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli - 'To stop the wave of refugees into Europe we have to help the countries they're from'

Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli: “To stop the wave of refugees into Europe we have to help the countries they’re from”

Angelus of Pope Francis

In Angelus, Pope deplores “so many calamities” in Syria: “People that make war don’t know how to control their passions”

Pope Francis February 13 in his Santa Marta Mass

Pope, in Santa Marta: “How often we forget the Lord and begin to deal with other gods: money, vanity, pride”

Pope Francis February 9 in the Angelus prayer

Angelus: Pope urges responsible use of technology to prevent trafficking, renews plea for “beloved and martyred” Syria

Ukraine president asks Pope for help freeing political prisoners in Crimea, Donbas and Russia

Ukraine president asks Pope for help freeing political prisoners in Crimea, Donbass, Russia

Mass with survivors in the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Auschwitz

In Mass with survivors at Auschwitz, Polish bishop deplores “cruel martyrdom” of Holocaust victims

Auschwitz

European Bishops say ‘no’ to anti-Semitism and political manipulation of the truth 75 years after Auschwitz

Pope Francis celebrates Mass January 24 in the Casa Santa Marta

Pope warns against “worm” of jealousy and envy, the “seed of war”

Pope Francis at the Angelus January 19

Pope prays Berlin summit can lead to end of violence, “much-desired stability” in Libya

Cardinal Zuppi, taking possession January 11 of the title of the church of Sant'Egidio in Rome

Italian cardinal decries “painful experiences” of “always useless” wars: “May the skies of peace open!”

Children of Burkina Faso (stock)

EU Bishops call on Brussels to ensure stability in Burkina Faso

Pope Francis says Mass January 9 in the chapel of his residence, the Casa Santa Marta

Francis: “We cannot be Christians if we are sowers of war”

Pope Francis January 9 in his 'State of the World' address

Pope denounces world’s “very weak” response to climate change “a source of grave concern”

Metropolitan Epifaniy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Ukrainian Orthodox head says Russian repression in Crimea “reminiscent of Stalinist times”

Pope Francis with close advisor Antonio Spadaro SJ

Close papal advisor explains Francis’ response to fears of US-Iran ‘World War III’

Energy poverty (stock)

Cardinal sounds alarm for 20,000 “energy poor” in Barcelona

Angelus with the Pope January 5

Pope warns over US-Iran tensions: “War brings only death and destruction”

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin

Dublin archbishop warns “lack of respect for difference can undermine even peaceful societies”

Bishop of Down & Connor (Ireland), Noel Treanor

Bishop of Down and Connor rails against “misguided glorification of violence as a political option”

Pope Francis releases a symbolic peace dove

Fraternity, nonviolence, ecological conversion… the keys to Pope Francis’ thought on peace

Co-Presidents of Pax Christi

Presidents of Pax Christi urge “peace and mutual respect” to break “mentality of threats and fears”

Pope Francis blesses a child December 11 in the Wednesday General Audience

Pope pleads on World Day of Peace for a “more just economic system”

Pope Francis Sunday December 22 with children of the Vatican 'Santa Marta' Paediatric Dispensary

Francis: “War kills everything. To defeat it, we need love”

Arms (stock)

German Churches blast “lamentable” EU arms exports controls

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti

Italian cardinal decries “dark moment in Mediterranean history”

Pope Francis December 20 with UN Secretary General António Guterres

Pope, UN Secretary General plead “not to look the other way” on violence, poverty, climate

Arms trade

German Church aid orgs rail against rising revenues of arms manufacturers