Tag: Pope Francis

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  Pope will underline the plight of indigenous peoples during his coming visit to Chile and Peru

  

  During his visit to Chile and Peru, Pope Francis will honor the country’s religious roots and underline the plight of indigenous men and women. The Vatican said the pope will be in Chile Jan. 15-18, visiting the cities of Santiago, Temuco and Iquique. He then will fly to Peru and, from Jan. 18-21, he will visit Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo.

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:00 UTC

  PM Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologize for abuses committed by the Catholic Church in Canada

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to apologize for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children were abused for decades. The PM met the pontiff at the Vatican on Monday as part of his trip to Italy for the G7 summit.

• Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 11:30 UTC

  Pope Francis defends indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral lands

  

  Pope Francis insisted that indigenous groups must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands, a view that conflict with the Trump administration, which is pushing to build a US$3.8bn oil pipeline over opposition from American Indians.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2017 - 08:24 UTC

  Maduro wants to involve the Pope in restarting talks with Venezuelan opposition

  

  The president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro is working to set up a meeting with Pope Francis in hopes of restarting talks with the Venezuelan opposition. Maduro is reportedly hoping to meet with the Pope at the Vatican, along with representatives from his opposition.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 11:16 UTC

  “Dancing for Falklands”, MLA Gavin Short takes on Argentina's most mediatic personality

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker, MLA Gavin Short has picked a dispute with possibly the most mediatic character in Argentina, a simple soccer commentator who in three decades has built a powerful entertainment corporation and is the showman of one of the evening programs which for years has had the highest ratings.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2016 - 09:54 UTC

  “A little piece of the Malvinas” and Falklands' berries for Pope Francis

  

  An Argentine teacher and runner who has competed three times in the annual Falklands marathon met last week Pope Francis, in Rome, and handed him a “little piece of the Falklands” and some of the berries that the Argentine soldiers had to eat during their time in the 1982 conflict.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:54 UTC

  Uruguayan president off to Europe looking for investors for an ambitious infrastructure plan

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez is off to Europe for a two-week business and academic interests trip which begins on Friday in Spain and will continue in the Vatican, Austria and France. On Friday, Vazquez is scheduled to hold a private meeting with King Felipe IV of Spain, and on Monday with president Mariano Rajoy.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 12:00 UTC

  Francis grants Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion

  

  In an apostolic letter published on Monday, the Pope underlined that the Catholic Church needs to bring reconciliation back to “its central place in the Christian life.” The measure is said to be temporary.

• Friday, November 18th 2016 - 11:36 UTC

  “Money must serve rather than govern” Francis tells conference of Catholic businesses

  

  Pope Francis warned Catholic business leaders against the danger of worshipping money, saying corruption is to follow the lies of the devil, whereas practices aimed for the common good are always built around principals of honesty and fraternity. “Corruption is the worst social plague. It’s the lie of seeking personal gain of that of the group itself under the guise of a service to society,” the Pope said on Thursday.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 02:29 UTC

  Maduro and opposition leaders meet under the mediation of Vatican envoys

  

  For the first time in at least two years, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his political team have met with several opposition leaders in attempt to defuse the country’s political crisis. The opposition’s main demand is to revive a suspended a recall referendum that could lead to the ouster of President Maduro. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in recent days to support to recall effort.