CBC.ca | Pope Francis calls on priests to shun expensive cars CBC.ca Pope Francis waves as he leaves after celebrating a Mass, Popemobile-free, during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy today. (Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press). Pope Francis said Saturday that it pained him to see priests and ... |
Pope prays for lost refugees on visit to Mediterranean island CNN Lampedusa (CNN) -- On the first pastoral visit of his papacy, Pope Francis shunned protocol and politics on a visit to the tiny island of Lampedusa off the coast of Sicily to pray for refugees and migrants lost at sea. Francis used the visit to ... |
Pope Francis commemorates migrant dead at Lampedusa Reuters LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis celebrated mass on the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Monday to commemorate thousands of migrants who have died crossing the sea from North Africa, underlining his drive to put the poor at the heart ! of ... |
Pope Francis greets immigrants, blasts indifference over migration deaths Christian Science Monitor Pope Francis on Monday denounced the "globalization of indifference" that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe, as he travel! ed to the farthest reaches of Italy to draw attention to their plight and to pray for those who never ... |
In pictures: Pope visits Lampedusa BBC News In pictures: Pope visits Lampedusa. Lampedusans welcome the Pope to their island Residents of the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa greeted the arrival of Pope Francis, on a coast guard vessel (centre). Jetski riders welcome the Pope to Lampedusa Many ... |
New York Times | Pope Francis criticizes indifference toward immigrants' plight Los Angeles Times ROME -- Against a backdrop of growing anti-immigration sentiment in Europe, Pope Francis on Monday used his first papal trip outside the Vatican to denounce the "globalization of indifference" to migrants, calling their suffering "a painful thorn in my ... Pope Offers Mass on Island Beacon for RefugeesNew York Times Pope Francis visits Italy's! migrant island of LampedusaBBC News Teen refugees on pope-visit island 'failed by Italy'Fox News USA TODAY -The Guardian all 254 news articles » |
Twitter faves: Obama, Pope ... and Andy Murray USA TODAY Your trivia question of the day: What do President Obama, Pope Francis, the Spice Girls, Spain's national soccer team, and new Wimbledon tennis champ Andy Murray all have in common? They participated in the world's most tweeted-about e! vents. Murray is ... and more » |
Pope Francis visits Lampedusa without his Mercedes popemobile Los Angeles Times Pope Francis is on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, where instead of tooling around in the popemobile, he's making his rounds in a borrowed 20-year-old Fiat Campagnola. He also has let it be known how he ! feels about priests and nuns who drive ... |
The Guardian | Poem of the w! eek: An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope The Guardian Tis best sometimes your censure to restrain, / And charitably let the dull be vain: / Your silence there is better than your spite, / For who can rail so long as they can write? / Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep, / And lashed so long ... |
Pope Francis Sounds Pro-Immigrant Message In Lampedusa During First Official ... Huffington Post The Pope's statement was directly concerned with migration from Africa to Europe, but also coincides with a heated political debate over immigration reform in the United States. The U.S. Senate passed a c! omprehensive immigration bill last month. |