(Vatican Radio) Every country that welcomes the Pope lines its streets with flags, trying to make a good impression. What’s striking about arriving in Tirana is not the papal and national flags, but the huge banners bearing the images of 40 Albanian martyrs. Listen to the report by Christopher Wells: The cause for the canonization…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at the Vatican on Friday. According to a statement from the Secretariat of State, the two men expressed satisfaction for the development and strengthening of bilateral relations, highlighting the special role of Christianity in the history and life of Armenian society. The statement reads that with…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan at the Vatican on Friday. According to a statement from the Secretariat of State, the two men expressed satisfaction for the development and strengthening of bilateral relations, highlighting the special role of Christianity in the history and life of Armenian society. The statement reads that with…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence on Friday morning. In remarks to the gathered faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father focused on the Resurrection as the seal of Christian identity. Drawing on the words of St Paul the Apostle from his Letter to…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis paid a private visit to the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Thursday afternoon, to pray for the success of his upcoming voyage to Albania. A brief statement from the Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Fr. Federico Lombardi SJ, says that the Holy Father made the trip…
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