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UNITED NATIONS (OSV News) -- A combination of U.N. ambassadors, religious leaders, diplomats, academics, representatives of nongovernmental agencies and several musicians gathered Feb. 3 in a vast conference hall at the United Nations headquarters in New York City to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week. The special week, observed this year Feb. 1-7, is a product of a 2010 U.N. resolution, first conceived by Jordans King Abdullah II, known for his commitment to religious tolerance and interfaith

At the end of six days in African countries bloodied by war and conflict, Pope Francis said that "the biggest plague" afflicting the world today is the weapons trade.

UNs World Interfaith Harmony Week stresses the need to advance mutual understanding and promote harmony among all people

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AFRICA (CNS) -- At the end of six days in African countries bloodied by war and conflict, Pope Francis said that the biggest plague afflicting the world today is the weapons trade. Tribalism with its ancient rivalries is a problem, he told reporters Feb. 5, but it is also true that the violence is provoked by the ready supply of weapons and that making it easier for people to kill each other just to make money is diabolical -- I have no other word for it. Pop

Nairobi, Kenya - Pope Francis arrives in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday on his first visit to the country with Africa’s largest Catholic p

Nairobi, Kenya - Pope Francis arrives in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday on his first visit to the country with Africa’s largest Catholic p

Pope Francis will be visiting a country in turmoil and blighted by the "demons of tribalism, nepotism, regionalism and clientelism," the deputy secretary-general of the Congolese bishops' conference.

The pope is to visit Kinshasa, Congo Jan. 31-Feb. 3 before making an ecumenical pilgrimage to Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 3-5

BUKAVU, DR Congo Jan 1 , 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Mudslides killed at least 10 people at two makeshift mines in eastern

After postponing his trip last July, Pope Francis has rescheduled for Jan. 31-Feb. 5 his trip to Congo and his ecumenical visit to South Sudan, the Vatican announced.