At the conclusion of the Angelus prayer January 19, Pope Francis welcomed the ceasefire ... “It is a good job to mediate so that peace is made. Thank you to the mediators.” ...

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Pope Francis, reflecting on the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, says it serves as a reminder that Jesus is salvation ...

At the end of his Jan. 29 catechesis on the theme of 'Jesus Christ Our Hope,' the Pope said all Christians are called to ...

Perhaps the largest U.S. assembly of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the ...

On the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Pope Francis urged the world not to forget the horrors of the ...

"The horror of the extermination of millions of Jews and people of other faiths" before and during World War II "can neither ...

On the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis also noted that many Christians were killed in Nazi concentration camps.

The pontiff noted that this year marks 80 years since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.