Tag: the pope
Hundreds of thousands expected to join papal Mass in Timor-Leste
DILI (UCAN): Some 700,000 Catholics are expected to join Pope Francis in Timor-Leste when he…
Anti-terror unit checks Jakarta’s cathedral ahead of papal visit
JAKARTA (UCAN): Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency examined security arrangements at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral…
Pope pleads for restraint in Middle East after killing of Hamas leader
VATICAN (CNS): As fears of a widening war in the Middle East grew again in…
Indonesia’s Muslim leaders looking forward to pope’s visit
JAKARTA (UCAN): Top leaders of Indonesia’s two major Islamic organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, expressed…
Vietnam hails Pope Francis’ letter to its Catholics
HANOI (UCAN): Government officials and faith leaders in Vietnam expressed appreciation of Pope Francis’ intervention…
