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Audio of Prelate: Burying the Dead

In this month’s podcast, Bishop Javier Echevarria reflects on the last corporal work of mercy. “My sons and daughters, and friends: knowing how to die is just as important as knowing how to live, and in both cases we can be helped.”

Publications, Interviews, and Other Messages

Visit to Moria Refugee Camp, Lesvos (Greece)

Speeches by Pope Francis, the Patriarch of Constantinople and the Archbishop of Athens during their joint visit to the Moria refugee camp on Saturday 16 April, on the island of Lesvos off the coast of Turkey.

From the Church and the Pope

Restoring Hope to Prisoners Through Rugby

Esteban Viñas, a judge in Argentina, oversees a program that tries to restore hope to young people in prison by teaching them human virtues based on the sport of rugby.

Social initiatives

Just Start (2): Feeding Body and Soul

Second video in the series on the works of mercy. People in Russia and the Philippines are shown fighting material and spiritual hunger.

Social initiatives

"You visited me in prison"

Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya, has been working with Naivasha Maximum Prison since 2002 under the Strathmore Prison Education Program. Over the years, Strathmore students and staff have visited the prison to donate learning materials and interact with the prisoners through several platforms like the annual football tournament. Strathmore Community Service Centre also sponsors inmates to pursue accountancy courses.

Social initiatives

Audio of Prelate: Sheltering the Homeless

A new audio from the Prelate in the monthly series on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.

Publications, Interviews, and Other Messages

Pope Greets UNIV Students

3,000 young people participating in the 49th edition of UNIV Forum attended the March 23 general audience in Saint Peter's Square with Pope Francis, who after his address extended a special greeting to them.

From the Church and the Pope

Scholarships for Syrian Refugees in Quebec City

Boisgomin Student Residence in Quebec City is trying to raise the funds needed to offer 3 scholarships for young Syrians eager to escape the civil war ravaging their homeland.

News

The "Our Father" in the Language Christ Spoke

Kristian, Swarin, Sidra, Sarah and Soleen, five young Iraqis, were forced with their parents to abandon the Iraqi city of Karakosh. On arriving in France, some girls in a Grenoble youth club helped them to integrate in their new homeland.

Recent News

Just Start (1): Work for Free

First video in the series "Just Start. Ways to Help People." Produced in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, these videos seek to help make Pope Francis' desire a reality: that we Christians may contemplate God’s mercy and adopt it as our lifestyle.

Social initiatives