The Pope Calls On The Media To Stop Pushing ‘Fake News’
Pope Francis has warned journalists not to push sensationalized news stories that are incomplete, biased, or untruthful for the sake of quickness or profit. “We must not fall prey to the ‘sins of communication:’ disinformation – that is, giving just one side of the argument – slander, which is sensationalistic, or defamation, looking for outdated […]
Pope advisors attack Trump’s aide Steve Bannon and US religious right
Rome (dpa) – Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon and Christian extremists that have sided with the US president have a dangerously “fundamentalist” world view, according to two confidantes of Pope Francis. In a Sunday comment on Italian daily La Repubblica, church historian Alberto Melloni said the papal aides have laid bare “an unprecedented conflict” […]
Pope Visits Cairo in Tumultuous Times for Egyptian Christians
As the sun came down around the Vatican Embassy in Cairo on Friday, police lined the streets, and soldiers waited in army trucks behind roadblocks. Despite the heavy security presence, there was a sense of relief as many eyes turned to their television screens to watch the day’s events unfold. On his first day of […]
Pope Francis urges unity against fanaticism
Pope Francis celebrated a mass at Cairo’s Air Defence Stadium on Saturday under tight security, just three weeks after Islamist militants killed dozens in attacks on two Coptic Christian churches. According to the Vatican, some 15,000 Egyptians gathered to welcome the Pope as he accused religious extremists of distorting God’s merciful nature – and called […]
Pope heads to Egypt with peace and mercy message for Muslims and Christians
CAIRO — In video posted online this week by the Vatican, Pope Francis sounds excited about his two-day trip to Egypt starting Friday, despite recent terrorist attacks. “As salaam alaikum — peace be with you! … Thank you for having invited me to visit Egypt, which you call Umm al Dunya, Mother of the World,” […]
Pope Francis warns against populism, citing Hitler
Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of “saviours” like Adolf Hitler. In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais conducted as Donald Trump was being sworn in as US president, the pontiff also condemned the idea of using walls and barbed wire to keep out foreigners, […]
Pope at Assisi interfaith summit: There can be no war in name of God
Rome (dpa) – There is no such thing as a “holy” war, Pope Francis said Tuesday, concluding an interfaith summit in the town of his namesake saint that was also attended by Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, Orthodox and Buddhist leaders. The World Day of Prayer for Peace is an annual event in Assisi, a central Italian […]
Pope: It’s Not Right to Equate Islam With Violence
Pope Francis has said it is “not right and not true” to identify Islam with violence following the brutal murder of a Catholic priest by extremists in France, which was claimed by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). The 79-year-old Argentine pontiff, was speaking on his return flight from Kraków, Poland, where he had led […]
Pope Francis holds Islam blameless for terrorism
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 19, 2016 – Pope Francis reiterated in an interview this week his stance that Muslims are not to blame for Islamic extremism. “I don’t think that there is a fear of Islam as such but of ISIS and its war of conquest, which is partly drawn from Islam,” the pope told La […]