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 […]

‘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 […]

“It is necessary to have the audacity to open the door to negotiations and gestures of dialogue and encounter in order to reach a just and lasting peace,” said the Pontiff. Related: Pope Francis Urges Social Movements to Continue Fighting for the Poor In his traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing, pronounced from St. Peter’s Square […]

‘As long as the problems of the poor are not resolved, the world’s problems will not be resolved,’ he said. On Friday, Pope Francis invited social movements and organizations to continue fighting to change the reality of the most vulnerable people during his speech at the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the first World […]