Pope Opens the Jubilee of Mercy in the CAR: "Bangui is the Spiritual Capital...
(Source: Archdiocese of Sydney) Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, 30 Nov 2015 The Jubilee of Mercy began here, in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. It's the third poorest...
View ArticleAt Bangui mosque and Mass, pope prays for 'salam,' peace (Diocese of Allentown)
(Source: Diocese of Allentown) November 30, 2015 at 9:47 AM By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service BANGUI, Central African Republic (CNS) -- Pope Francis ended his visit to the violence-torn Central...
View ArticlePope urges peace while visiting C. African Republic mosque
Pope Francis made a historic visit to the last remaining Muslim neighborhood in Central African Republic's capital on Monday, a move that almost immediately opened up a part of the divided city that...
View ArticlePope arrives in violence-torn Central African Republic preaching peace...
(Source: Diocese of Allentown) BANGUI, Central African Republic (CNS) -- Despite serious security concerns for Pope Francis and for those who would come to see him, the pope landed in Central African...
View ArticleC.Africa ex-leader Bozize to run for president
Central African Republic's former president Francois Bozize, who was overthrown in a 2013 rebellion, filed his candidacy for the country's December presidential election, his party's secretary-general...
View ArticleUnder tightest security, Pope's first visit to a warzone
Bangui: Protected by the heaviest security ever seen on his trips, Pope Francis preached reconciliation in the divided Central African Republic, a nation racked by bloodshed between Muslims and...
View ArticlePope Francis visits mosque in flashpoint district in Central African Republic
Bangui, Central African Republic (CNN)Pope Francis visited a mosque in a Muslim neighborhood of the Central African Republic's capital that has been a flashpoint for violent clashes, continuing his...
View ArticlePope Francis: 'Christians And Muslims Are Brothers'
Pope Francis has told worshippers in a mosque in the capital of the Central African Republic that "Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters". He was speaking to Muslims who had sought shelter in...
View ArticlePope brings message of peace to Central African Republic
The Associated PressBANGUI (AP) — Flanked by Vatican bodyguards in flak jackets and machine-gun-toting U.N. peacekeepers, Pope Francis plunged Sunday into conflict-wracked Central African Republic and...
View ArticlePope brings unity message to CAR
Unity "is to be lived and built up on the basis of the marvellous diversity of our environment, avoiding the temptation of fear of others, of the unfamiliar, of what is not part of our ethnic group,...
View ArticlePope to Meet With Muslims on Final Day of African Trip
VOA News Pope Francis is meeting Monday with members of the Muslim community in the Central African Republic, a day after calling on warring parties in the country to lay down their weapons and support...
View ArticlePope Francis travels to mosque in heart of sectarian conflict
The final hours of Pope Francis’ African tour might well have been most dangerous moments of his papacy, as he visited a volatile Muslim neighborhood in the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui,...
View ArticlePope Francis to visit mosque in CAR capital Bangui
Pope Francis is due to visit a mosque in the capital of the Central African Republic in what is being seen as the most difficult part of his Africa tour. The Pope will meet Muslims who have sought...
View ArticlePope says Christians, Muslims are 'brothers' in war-torn C.Africa
Pope Francis said on Monday that Christians and Muslims were "brothers", urging them to reject hatred and violence while visiting a mosque in the Central African Republic's capital which has been...
View ArticlePope says Christians, Muslims are 'brothers' in war-torn African district
Bangui, Central African Republic: Pope Francis on Monday said Christians and Muslims were "brothers", urging them to reject hatred and violence while visiting a mosque in the Central African Republic's...
View ArticlePope Francis to visit mosque in conflict-ridden central Africa
Bangui: Pope Francis is set to visit a mosque in a flashpoint area of the Central African Republic's capital today, as he wraps up his first visit to the continent. The leader of the world's 1.2...
View ArticlePope to visit mosque in conflict-ridden Central Africa
Pope Francis is set to visit a mosque in a flashpoint area of the Central African Republic's capital on Monday, as he wraps up his first visit to the continent. The leader of the world's 1.2 billion...
View ArticlePope says fundamentalism is 'disease of all religions'
Aboard the papal plane: Pope Francis said on Monday that fundamentalism is "a disease of all religions", including the Roman Catholic Church, as he returned from a three-nation tour of Africa in which...
View ArticlePope visits African mosque
BANGUI, Central African Republic - The popemobile rolled into the center of this country's civil war on Monday, crossing the dangerous border between Christian and Muslim neighborhoods as Pope Francis...
View ArticlePope says fundamentalism is 'disease of all religions’
Aboard the papal plane: Pope Francis said on Monday that fundamentalism is "a disease of all religions", including the Roman Catholic Church, as he returned from a three-nation tour of Africa in which...
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