Pope prays for mothers, Afghan terror attack victims
At least 50 people, mostly girls leaving a school, were killed on May 9 in Afghanistan s capital Kabul
Updated: May 10, 2021 07:05 AM GMT
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Relatives stand near victims a day after a car bomb attack in which at least 24 people were killed and nearly 110 wounded in the Pul-e-Alam area of Afghanistan s Logar province on May 1. (Photo: AFP)
Pope Francis greeted all mothers during his Sunday address and prayed for the victims of a terrorist attack in Afghanistan.
As the world celebrated Mothers’ Day on May 9, the Catholic leader greeted all mothers, including those who have died.
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A still image taken from a video shows migrants at sea waiting to be rescued by Spanish search-and-rescue ship Open Arms in the Mediterranean Sea in 2020. After the death last week of 130 migrants, who for two days issued distress calls to no avail when their boat met trouble in the Mediterranean, Italian Bishop Antonio Staglianò of Noto, Sicily, called the saving of lives a “duty that cannot be given up… especially if they are in need an in danger.” (Photo:CNS /Open Arms handout via Reuters)
By Elise Ann Allen, Senior Correspondent
ROME (Crux) One Italian bishop has said Pope Francis’ push for greater brotherhood and solidarity is needed more than ever following the death last week of 130 migrants who for two days issued distress calls to no avail when their boat met trouble in the Mediterranean.
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Vatican City, Jan 10, 2018 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- At a traditional new year’s meeting between Pope Francis and diplomats to the Vatican, the pope painted a picture of pontifical diplomacy around the globe: An international mission working to secure the common good, an always increasing network of relations, and the certainty of an impartial voice working for peace.
The Pope’s speech sets the basis and the guidelines for the Holy See’s diplomatic activities during the year. If the guidelines are based on concrete issues, then pontifical diplomacy has three main threads three themes that include all the others.
The first is a commitment to peace; the second is a commitment to human dignity; and the third is a commitment to fight poverty.