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Pope Francis announces that the Assembly meetings of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality will take place in two sessions: in October 2023 and October 2024.

Pope Francis is calling on children throughout the world to pray the Rosary on Tuesday for peace in Ukraine and other war-torn areas, as part of the initiative “A million children praying the Rosary”.

Meeting 300 young people from Belgium, Pope Francis encourages them to live out their faith with creativity amid difficulties and crises and says the Church needs their enthusiasm to build a world imbued with the values of fraternity, peace and reconciliation.

The Holy See Press Office publishes the schedule, logo, and motto for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Bahrain on 3-6 November, where he will attend the “Bahrain Forum for Dialogue”, under the motto “Peace on earth to people of goodwill”.

Pope Francis showed his closeness to all mothers, especially to those mothers with suffering children, who are ill, marginalized, or in prison.

Archbishop Tomasz Peta hopes Papal Visit would be a great contribution to peace on a global scale.

Pope Francis extended his condolences on the death of former President Fidel V. Ramos of the Philippines.

Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan this September.

At the special invitation of Pope Francis, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, and a group of 56 others, including the bishops of Sri Lanka, left for the Vatican, April 22.

Pope Francis granted the Pontifical Coronation of the 422-year-old miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio of Boljoon, Cebu, Philippines.

Let us pray that we may experience the sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the forgiveness and infinite mercy of God. And let us pray that God may give his Church merciful priests and not torturers.

Let us pray for women who are victims of violence, that they may be protected by society and have their sufferings considered and heeded by all.

“Last Sunday we celebrated the Lord’s resurrection; today we witness the resurrection of his disciple”. This was Pope Francis’s opening line of his homily for Divine Mercy Sunday.

Myanmar’s prominent Buddhist monk, Ashin Nyanissara, also known as Sitagu Sayadaw, made a contribution of US$10,000 to the emergency fund that Pope Francis created for people and communities affected by coronavirus pandemic.

How can the pope get closer to believers scattered around the planet at a moment of grave danger?

In his homily, Pope Francis thanked Filipinos for bringing the "Simbang Gabi" devotion to other countries.

The time before Christmas calls us to ask ourselves, ‘What is it that I am waiting for in my life? What is the great desire of my heart?’