Vatican City,3rd October 2019;OnOctober 2, a delegation from the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative received a special blessing fromHis Holiness Pope Francis during their visit to the Vatican. The visit was part of a wider trip from the group to Rome, during which a series of meetings with Vatican and community leaders was held.
Pope Francis is urging Italian mayors to redouble their efforts to welcome migrants and refugees and promote ways to integrate them into their new communities.
Sunday's bomb attacks on two Coptic churches
that left at least 44 dead will not stop Pope Francis's two-day trip to Egypt
at the end of this month, the Vatican has said.
Extremist Islamist group ISIS
has claimed responsibility for the attacks that prompted Egyptian President
Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to declare a three-month state of emergency.
By Harut SassounianPublisher, The
California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comWhile Armenians
throughout the world were overjoyed with the landmark “pilgrimage” of His
Holiness Pope Francis to the first Christian state, most people were unaware of
the behind the scenes deliberations on the Armenian Genocide issue in the
Vatican prior to his visit.
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman
Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had
treated them, Reuters reports.
for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9)Your Holiness, beloved brother in Christ,Your Excellency, President of the Republic of Armenia,Graceful spiritual brothers and dear faithful,“Blessed
are the peacemakers,
