Tag: terrorism
Refugees, displaced take center stage at Middle East consistory
Vatican City, Oct 22, 2014 / 12:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At Monday’s consistory on the Middle East, patriarchs gathered to discuss the threats facing local Christians, and focused on the key task of returning displaced families to their homes. “We are suffering … we feel that we are isolated and that we are forgotten,” Louis… Read More ›
Pope Francis – Petitions UN, Muslims and Christians to address ‘ongoing genocide’ in Iraq
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Pope Francis lamented, “it seems that the awareness of the value of human life has been lost; it seems that the person does not count and can be sacrificed to other interests. And all of this, unfortunately, with the indifference of many.” Pope Francis was speaking about the atrocities… Read More ›
At UN, cardinal condemns terrorism’s use of religion
New York City, N.Y., Sep 26, 2014 / 02:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Terrorism represents a “fundamental threat to our common humanity” and people of faith must condemn religion-based terrorism, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Invoking the founding of the United Nations after World War II… Read More ›