The Australian government’s international financial watchdog, Austrac, said it overestimated bank transfers from Vatican City to Australia over the past six years by more than $1.5 billion dollars.
Pope casts doubt on Iraq visit in March due to covid January 11, 2021 at 3:53 pm | Published in: Coronavirus, Iraq, Middle East, News
Pope Francis in Rabat, Morocco on 31 March 2019 [Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency] January 11, 2021 at 3:53 pm
Pope Francis has stated that he is unsure about his historic trip to Iraq scheduled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an interview yesterday evening with Italy s
Canale 5 broadcasting channel.
In one segment of the interview Francis mentioned how he had personally been affected by the pandemic and how he had to cancel trips that were planned the year before, including the Iraq visit, a first by a pope.
Catholic World News
Pope will not preside at New Year’s Eve Te Deum, January 1 Mass in St. Peter’s
December 31, 2020
CWN Editor s Note: Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, announced that Pope Francis is suffering from painful sciatica. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (the Dean of the College of Cardinals) will preside at the Te Deum, and Cardinal Pietro Parolin (the Vatican’s Secretary of State) will preside at the January 1 Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis will deliver an Angelus address on January 1 from the library of the Apostolic Palace.
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