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The chief of the World Organization says he is self-isolating amid concerns he may have been infected with the coronavirus. Friday’s announcement by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came as officials said COVID-19 claimed more than a million lives worldwide, with Europe rushing to contain its spread.
Following Pope Francis’ announcement of 13 new Cardinals on 25 October, Cardinal-designate Bishop Mario Grech speaks to Vatican News on his new role and hopes to contribute to promoting Pope Francis’ pastoral vision for the Church.
Pope Francis appoints soon to be Cardinal, Silvano Maria Tomasi, Special Delegate to the Sovereign Order of Malta. He succeeds Cardinal Angelo Becciu who resigned in October.
Three and a half months after meetings that took place between Cameroon’s government officials and representatives of leaders from the troubled Anglophone regions, in Cameroon, the Archbishop of Bamenda says there are signs hope for peace.
Pope Francis welcomes the beatification in the United States of Fr Michael McGivney and turns his thoughts to the populations suffering from Friday’s earthquake in the Aegean Sea area.
Pope Francis celebrates the Feast of All Saints reminding Christians of their personal and universal vocation to holiness.
The Christian community in Nice dedicates the solemnity of All Saints’ Day to the three victims of Thursday’s attack in the Basilica with a special Mass and Penitential Rite of reparation.
One of the far-reaching effects of the global lockdown brought on the COVID-19 pandemic has been the return of migrant workers to their home countries. The UN gender agency, UN Women has been supporting the authorities in Myanmar, under the EU–UN funded Spotlight Initiative, to provide for the needs of women.
Bishop Cornelius Sim, the Apostolic Vicar of Brunei, is among the 13 new cardinals Pope Francis announced on October 25. He will make them cardinals at a consistory in the Vatican on November 28. Bishop Sim spoke to Vatican News about his feelings.
In the context of the 40th anniversary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), the Vatican Secretary fo State speaks about some of the most urgent challenges mentioned by Pope Francis in his recent message on Europe.
