Tag: Pope Francis

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:31 UTC

  Obama and Biden greet Francis as he begins six-day visit; he will address US congress

  

  Pope Francis on Tuesday afternoon touched down at Joint Base Andrews to begin a historic six-day, three-city visit that will have political, diplomatic and spiritual ramifications. Breaking from the usual protocol for a state visit, President Obama and Vice President Biden chose to greet the papal plane before Francis departed in a hatchback Fiat to begin his tightly scheduled, carefully choreographed and highly anticipated visit.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Francis meets Fidel Castro and warns Cubans of the dangers of ideology

  

  Pope Francis met Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to beware the dangers of ideology and the lure of selfishness as the island enters a new era of closer ties with the United States. Latin America's first pope and Castro, the region's last surviving revolutionary icon of the 20th century, discussed religion and world affairs at the home of the 89-year-old retired president for about 40 minutes.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Che's daughter refuses to attend Pope Francis mass at Revolution Square

  

  The Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara’s daughter, Aleida Guevara refused to go to a mass Pope Francis conducted on Sunday during his historic Cuban trip, saying it would be “hypocritical” of her to be present.

• Saturday, September 19th 2015 - 08:26 UTC

  US ease restrictions on US companies seeking to make business in Cuba

  

  The United States on Friday issued regulations easing restrictions on US companies seeking to do business in Cuba and opening up travel in the latest action to weaken the trade embargo amid warming relations with the Castro brothers regime.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 09:07 UTC

  Pope warns militants could slip into Europe in the midst of the wave of refugees

  

  Pope Francis has warned against the risk that militants could slip into Europe under cover of a huge wave of refugees fleeing war in Syria but also said the migrant crisis could help reawaken the continent's conscience.

• Monday, September 14th 2015 - 10:15 UTC

  Catholic church exposes 'true reality' of infant malnutrition in Argentina

  

  The Catholic church warned of the “true reality” of infant malnutrition and structural poverty which does 'not yield' in Argentina, on launching the traditional funds' collection “More for Less” which took place over the weekend under the motto “Let's give more so that less suffer”.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 10:26 UTC

  Cuba plans to release 3.522 prisoners ahead of Pope's visit this month

  

  State-run newspaper “Granma” reported that Cuba would release 3,522 prisoners three days ahead of the September 19-22 visit by Pope Francis. However Cuban officials, who officially deny that the country has political prisoners, said they would not release inmates convict of crimes against state security.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

  Seventh meeting of Cristina Fernandez and Francis, this time in Cuba

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández has formally accepted an invitation by her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro to attend a mass Pope Francis will deliver in the Plaza de La Revolucion in Havana on September 20.

• Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 06:32 UTC

  Lula da Silva pictured with the Pope's Malvinas-dialogue poster

  

  Brazil's former president Lula da Silva was pictured holding Pope Francis' poster calling for dialogue in the 'Malvinas issue'.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2015 - 13:56 UTC

  Pope Francis makes substantial changes to marriage annulment procedures

  

  Pope Francis, making the most substantial changes to Catholic marriage annulment procedures in centuries, on Tuesday radically simplified them and said bishops should give greater help to divorced couples.