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‘You are our last hope. We hope that you can save their lives. Please don’t let them die.’
The Holy See said it was ‘following the development of the situation with extreme attention.’
The pope made the appeal in his message for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
Bishop Marco Mellino was addressing the heads of Vatican dicasteries.
Lebanon’s tourism minister announced the postponement, citing ‘health reasons.’
Pope Francis said that the liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated issues.”
The pope made the comment in his annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations message.
The pope was pushed in a wheelchair onto the stage of the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.
The pope spoke off the cuff to members of the International Union of Superiors General.
A papal decree, known as a chirograph, united the foundations under a new body known as the Domus Vaticanae.
‘Unfortunately, I won’t be able to stop among you due to my knee injury,’ the pope said.
The pope was speaking at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
‘You young people, who want to build something new, a better world, follow her example, take risks,’ the pope urged.
Pope Francis, 85, has been suffering from an inflamed ligament.
“It is a humiliation, but I offer it for your country,” Pope Francis told pilgrims from Slovakia.
The pontiff was addressing the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
The pope was addressing members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
The pope said that the foundation brings ‘love, hope, and mercy’ to those it supports.
The 85-year-old pope canceled his engagements the day before the audience due to knee pain.
The pope praised the book’s ‘valuable teaching on the alliance of the generations.’