Tag: Jubilee
Poor Countries’ Debt Should Be Forgiven: Pope Francis
He emphasized debt forgiveness as a key aspect of the Jubilee, a celebration set to take place in 2025. On Wednesday, Pope Francis called on countries with a Christian tradition to cancel or reduce the debts of the world’s poorest nations. He used the occasion of the Angelus prayer for the New Year, which coincides […]
January 1, 2025
Pope Francis: Stop Colonizing People With Weapons!
‘The issue of debt is linked to peace and the black market for arms… Let’s work for disarmament’, the Pope said. On Thursday, Pope Francis urged an end to “colonizing peoples with arms” and called for support for an international campaign aimed at forgiving the “unsustainable and unjust” public debts of certain nations. RELATED: Israeli […]