Tag: Pope Francis

Thursday, July 25th 2013 - 02:08 UTC
From Brazil’s largest basilica Pope Francis calls on young people to shun the idols of money and pleasure

Pope Francis held his first mass as a pontiff at the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida in Sao Paulo before thousands of faithful who gathered despite de cold and the rain. During the Wednesday mass, Pope Francis urged young people to shun the “ephemeral idols” of money and pleasure and cherish traditional values to help build a better world.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:23 UTC
Rio subway breakdown adds to Monday’s security lapses in Pope Francis visit

Rio de Janeiro's subway broke down on Tuesday, causing chaos for throngs of pilgrims in town for a huge Catholic gathering and a papal visit already marked by security lapses. Crowds of people crammed into buses, scrambled to find taxis or began walking toward Copacabana beach for an evening mass to officially kick off World Youth Day.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:19 UTC
Mass with 400.000 Catholics in Copacabana beach marks opening of World Youth Day

Around 400,000 Roman Catholics have joined a Tuesday evening ceremony on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to mark the opening of World Youth Day. The highlight of the festival will be a visit on Thursday by Pope Francis.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:48 UTC
Violent protests against Rio do Janeiro governor following Pope’s reception

Rio de Janeiro was the stage for violent protests centred at Palacio Guanabara where earlier in the day Pope Francis had been received by Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. The incidents occurred Monday night during a demonstration against Rio state governor Sergio Cabral which convened an estimated 1.500 people according to the police.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 20:36 UTC
Pope warns of an entire generation of jobless young people, before arriving in Rio

Pope Francis warned Monday that the world risks having an entire generation of jobless young people as he arrived to Brazil. The 76-year-old Argentine, speaking to journalists aboard the papal plane heading to the Catholic youth event in Rio de Janeiro, said his trip aimed in part “to encourage young people to integrate into society” and convince the world not to abandon them.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Francis, champion of the poor arrives at a restive and Catholic faith losing Brazil

Pope Francis is due in Brazil Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff to attend an international youth festival in the world's biggest Catholic country.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:50 UTC
The good pastor will put in practice ‘the new way of interacting with the world’

Pope Francis’s response to the challenges of the Catholic Church has been to help find “an entirely new way to interact with the world” by the manner in which he communicates, said Sao Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer, one of two Latin Americans named to the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization created in 2010.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 00:22 UTC
Scandal-hit Vatican bank struck by ‘gay lobby’ conspiracy claims Italian magazine

A few hours before Francis started his first overseas tour to Brazil, the Vatican’s ‘gay lobby’ was back in the headlines after the alleged exposure of a homosexual prelate appointed by the pope to a key position at the Vatican bank, IOR.
Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:46 UTC
Money exchange controls limit Argentines from travelling to Brazil to greet Pope Francis

Despite the pope is Argentine and on Monday he will be making his first pastoral trip overseas to Brazil, Argentine government strict currency controls are making it difficult for prospective pilgrims to travel. An estimated 60.000 Argentines are expected to travel to Rio do Janeiro for the grand event.
Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:42 UTC
Operation clean up to reform scandal–plagued Vatican administration

Pope Francis, moving to overcome major crises in the Holy See, set up a special commission to reform its economic and administrative departments, the Vatican said on Friday.