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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent the following telegram to the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegovic:I extend cordial greetings to Your Excellency and your fellow citizens, as I fly over Bosnia and Herzegovina en route to Armenia for a pastoral visit. I pray that Almighty God may grant you all His blessings.Franciscus PP.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent the following telegram to Filip Vujanovic, the President of Montenegro:As I fly over Montenegro on my apostolic journey to Armenia, I extend cordial greetings to Your Excellency. I pray that Almighty God may bestow upon you and your fellow citizens peace and prosperity.Franciscus PP.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent the following telegram to the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic:Entering Serbian air space on my pastoral journey to Armenia, I send cordial greetings to Your Excellency and your fellow citizens, and I invoke divine blessings upon the nation.Franciscus PP.
(Vatican Radio) His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem who reached the age of 75 for retirement last October. The Pope has elevated to Archbishop Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, former Custos of the Holy Land for twelve years, and appointed him as Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. He will hold the position until the appointment of a new Patriarch.In a statement posted on its online site, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said “The Bishops, clergy and faithful of the Latin Patriarchate sincerely thank His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal who has just completed his mission, and welcome the Apostolic Administrator with best wishes in his new mission. The entire Diocese joins in prayer for the intentions of the Patriarch Emeritus and the new Apostolic Administrator.”The Episcopal Ordination of ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis arrived in Armenia’s capital Yerevan at 12.55 pm Rome time on Friday 24th June to begin his 14th apostolic journey abroad. Armenia is a landlocked mountainous nation which borders with to the west Turkey, to the East Azerbaijan, to the north Georgia and to the South Iran.He was warmly welcomed by the President of the nation’s Republic Serzh Sargsyn and the Catholicos of All Armenia Karekin II. Also present were the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Armenia Grégoire Pierre XX and other religious and civil authorities.This visit, to the first country ever to adopt Christianity as a state religion sported a logo which highlighted this historic factor along with the dates of the journey which are the 24th to the 26th of June.It’s a circular logo divided in half by two colours: yellow for the Vatican and purple for the Armenian city of Etchmiadzin, seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church where Pope Francis is staying as a guest of t...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent the following telegram to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev:As I fly over Bulgaria on my way to Armenia, i extend cordial greetings to Your Excellency and your fellow citizens. Invoking upon all of you Almighty God’s blessings of peace and prosperity.Franciscus PP.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis commented on Britain's decision to leave the European Union saying it must be followed by "guarantees" for the good of both Britain and countries on the continent.Speaking to journalists aboard the Papal plane during his journey to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, the Pope said the referendum result must be respected because it was wanted by the people."It was the will expressed by the people and this requires a great responsibility on the part of all of us to guarantee the good of the people of the United Kingdom, as well as the good and co-existence of the European continent" he said.Pope Francis also expressed his satisfaction for the signing of a ceasefire in Columbia between the government and the FARC rebels."I am happy for this news that I received yesterday. Over fifty years of war, of guerrilla warfare, so much spilt blood”. It was good news” he said.And he expressed his hope that the nations that have wo...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent the following telegram to the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan:Flying over turkey on my pastoral visit to Armenia, I extend best wishes to Your Excellency and your fellow citizens, with prayers that the Most High will bestow upon all in the nation His choicest blessings.Franciscus PP.
London, England, Jun 24, 2016 / 04:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After Britain's passing of the historic referendum to withdraw from the European Union, the UK's leading prelate stressed the need to continue working with the international community, and to ensure that the vulnerable in society remain protected.“A great tradition of the United Kingdom is to respect the will of the people, expressed at the ballot box,” said Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster in a statement Friday. “Today we set out on a new course that will be demanding on all.”“Our prayer is that all will work in this task with respect and civility, despite deep differences of opinion,” the cardinal continued.“We pray that in this process the most vulnerable will be supported and protected, especially those who are easy targets for unscrupulous employers and human traffickers.”The British withdrawal from the European Union referendum – popularly...
Yerevan, Jun 24, 2016 / 05:12 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has said the result of the U.K.’s referendum to leave the European Union reflects the “will of the people” and that there is now a “great responsibility” to ensure the well being of people in the U.K. and peaceful coexistence on continental Europe.Addressing reporters on the papal plane to Armenia, the Holy Father said he had only read basic information about the result of the vote just before leaving Rome, but said he felt it was “the will of the people”.“It demands great responsibility on our part,” he said, “to ensure the well being of the people in the United Kingdom, and the coexistence of the people on the European continent. So I wait.”The U.K. voted yesterday in a referendum to leave the European Union after 43 years as a member of the economic-political bloc.Before addressing the “Brexit” vote, the Pope also shared his reaction to the...
