Pope Encourages Plenary Assembly of CCEE

Sep 28, 2017 23:59

ZENIT Staff

Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations

Mass at Santa Marta © L'Osservatore Romano

Pope Francis signing the Visitors Record Book of the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Quinche

Persecuted Christians

‘Textbook ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar—and the world simply stands idly by

An estimated 400,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh where they are living in deplorable conditions

Sep 28, 2017 06:54

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President Zelensky made it known that Russia had returned Ukrainian children to their country of origin.

Pope calls on Church to pray in June for abolition of torture

The Pope condemns not only the most violent forms of torture, but also those that are “more sophisticated, such as degrading someone, dulling the senses, or mass detentions in inhumane conditions.” Horrified that it is currently still practiced, the Pope calls on the international community to “commit itself concretely to abolish torture, guaranteeing support to victims and their families.”

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Pope Encourages Plenary Assembly of CCEE

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