“Peace is never made with weapons, but with outstretched hands and open hearts,” Francis said, to applause from the wind-swept crowd below.
01 April,2024 07:48 AM IST | Rome | Agencies
In recent weeks he has walked the short distance to his chair, but he has been struggling with mild flu symptoms the past week
29 February,2024 08:11 AM IST | Vatican City | AP
Pope Francis called Monday for a universal ban on the “despicable” practice of surrogate motherhood, as he included the “commercialization” of pregnancy in an annual speech listing threats to global peace and human dignity
08 January,2024 05:02 PM IST | Rome | AP
Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its “instruments of death” that fuel wars as he made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians
25 December,2023 05:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
PM Narendra Modi on Monday extended his greetings to the people of the world and to the Christian community on Christmas and recalled his meeting with Pope Francis in Vatican City in 2021, stating that it was a "very memorable moment".
25 December,2023 04:18 PM IST | Delhi | ANI
Francis did however, voice his contentment over the Israel-Hamas truce
30 November,2023 05:58 AM IST | Vatican City | Agencies
Francis earlier this year was hospitalised for three days for what he later said was pneumonia and what the Vatican described as a case of bronchitis necessitating treatment with intravenous antibiotics.
27 November,2023 02:32 AM IST | Vatican City | Agencies
Francis acknowledged he was frustrated that the Vatican's diplomatic initiatives hadn't borne much fruit
24 September,2023 09:54 AM IST | Ukraine | PTI
This caught the veteran actor by surprise, after which he said “Well I’m honoured, too,” before raising his fists and air-pumping, saying: “Ready? We box”
10 September,2023 09:50 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
The interfaith event, held at a theater in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, came midway through Francis’ four-day visit, the first by a pope
04 September,2023 07:54 AM IST | Ulaanbaatar | AgenciesADVERTISEMENT
