HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE PANAMA – 24.01.2019 – 06:20 Official Translation Speech of the Holy Father Dear Young People, good evening! How good it is to get together again, this time in a land that receives us with such radiance and warmth! As we gather in Panama, World Youth Day is once more a celebration […]
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE PANAMA – 24.01.2019 – 11.15 Official Translation Speech of the Holy Father Dear Brothers, I thank Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador for his words of welcome in the name of all. I am happy to be able to be with you and to share in a closer and […]
History’s first Latin American pope opened his latest homecoming on Thursday by extolling the region as a “Great Fatherland,” emphasizing both its unity and cultural distinctiveness, and describing his host nation Panama as a “bridge between oceans and a natural land of encounter.”
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE PANAMA – 24.01.2019 – 10.40 Palacio Bolivar – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Official Translation Speech of the Holy Father Mr President, Distinguished Authorities, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you, Mr President, for your words of welcome and your kind invitation to visit this nation. In addressing you, I would like to […]
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso commenting on the World Youth day said that “the youth are so excited to meet people from other places and to share what we have in common,” that the event “is an antidote to the prevailing direction that we’re seeing the world go in.”
Bishops from the United States addressed the sex abuse scandal back home during a popular event in Panama aimed at American and other English-speaking World Youth Day pilgrims.
Photos from all the exciting events over the course of World Youth Day Panama.
Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he has created a profile on a new prayer app, saying the internet and social media are prime places both to build relationships and community, and to pray together.
There’s no rest for the Catholic hierarchy in Nicaragua. Months after a civil uprising that left hundreds dead, the bishops continue to raise their voices in defense of those who died, while urging the government to have an honest dialogue with those who want to oust President Daniel Ortega.
An ISIS-affiliated group kidnapped a Coptic Christian man traveling in a communal taxi from Ismailia Governorate to Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai Governorate, northeast of Cairo, his family told The Tablet.
