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Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the World Day of the Poor

18/11/2018

Pope Francis: ‘hear the cry of the poor’

Pope Francis during the award-giving ceremony for the Ratzinger Prize 2018

17/11/2018

Pope: Ratzinger Prize-winners help us turn our thoughts to God

Pope Francis addressing members of the Apostolic Movement of the Blind on November 17, 2018.

17/11/2018

Pope commends blind people's work for poorest and abandoned

A woman in mourning in front of the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.

17/11/2018

Central African Republic: Massacre of civilians and religious

Pope Francis with an icon of "Our Lady, Help of Persecuted Christians"

16/11/2018

Pope to Holy Sepulchre Order: ‘Root charitable works in prayer’

Pope Francis visits First Aid Station, St Peter's Square

16/11/2018

Pope pays surprise visit to First Aid Station in St Peter's Square

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Cedric Prakash SJ holding up the book "Sharing the Wisdom of Time"

17/11/2018

Pope Francis and the ‘spilled cup of coffee’

One of the protagonists of “Sharing the Wisdom of Time”, a book by ‘Pope Francis and friends’ speaks of his contribution to the publication and of his deep belief that the young ...

Marianne Schlosser and Mario Botta with Pope Francis during the award ceremony

17/11/2018

Ratzinger prize awarded to theologian and architect

A group of members of the Sovereign Order of Malta organize a tea-party for the elderly to mark the World Day of the Poor

15/11/2018

Order of Malta joins Pope in inviting all to mark World Day of the Poor

Sunday, 18 November is the second World Day of the Poor, established by Pope Francis to mark the end of the 2016 Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.

Pope Francis and Kailash Sathyarthi in the Vatican on November 16 2018.

16/11/2018

Pope Francis receives Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Sathyarthi

Sathyarthi told Vatican News he sought the support of Pope Francis for some of his initiatives against child abuse.

15/11/2018

Pope at Mass: Martyrdom doesn’t make the news

Pope Francis at Mass on November 12, 2018.

12/11/2018

Pope at Mass: bishop, a humble and meek servant, not a prince

Pope Francis at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on November 9, 2018.

09/11/2018

Pope at Mass warns against idolatry of money in the Church

Pope Francis delivers the homily at the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta

08/11/2018

Pope at Mass: Bearing witness, complaining, asking questions

Africa

17/11/2018

Ghana’s Bishops saddened by migration ask Caritas Ghana to step-in

As the Catholic Church commemorates World Day of the Poor, this Sunday, Ghanaian Bishops have been reflecting on poverty in the country, migration and youth unemployment among other concerns.