In 1986, specifically on October 27, religious leaders met with representatives of various Churches in the Italian township of Assisi, about 175 kilometers north of the capital, Rome, at the kind invitation of Pope John Paul II, who at that time wanted to pray for peace, harmony and unity among followers of religions for the attainment of a more comprehensive human solidarity.
"With firm conviction, we say: No more war! Let us stop all conflicts." These were the words of His Holiness Pope Francis during the closing ceremony of the annual 'Spirit of Assisi' prayer for peace with religious leaders which was held on 25 October, 2022 at the Colosseum. Such words reverberated in the five continents of the world as well as affirmatively and strongly urged world leaders to end wars and conflicts by resorting to the logic of peace.
All the time, people are advised to perform different physical exercises with the hope of losing weight, maintaining a healthy posture, building strong muscles, and keeping diseases at bay. With this mind, people frequent gymnastic clubs with the hope of ensuring a life free from diseases.
Over the past weeks there have been numerous speculations about the prospects of the renewal of the Holy See-China Provisional Agreement with columnists expressing different views and analyses on the issue.
At last after extensive consultations and evaluations, this provisional agreement was extended on October 22, 2022 for more two years bearing in mind that the validity of the agreement first concluded in 2018.
Marking World Food Day 2022 on 16 October 2022, His Holiness Pope Francis sent a message to Director of UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) QU Dongyu stating that the hunger prevailing in numerous countries of the world needs to be eradicated.
The Italian newspaper “La Stampa” has published an excerpt of His Holiness Pope Francis’ new book in Italian, which hit bookshelves on Tuesday, 18 October, 2022.
Whenever one listens to newscasts mostly on every radio or television stations, reports are regularly carried out on the percentages of unemployment in various world countries with some of them rising or dipping. Yet, the reports indicate that unemployment is persistent regardless of efforts aimed at ending this phenomenon which wreaks havoc among the new generations. It is a chronic global phenomenon.
Nowadays everywhere one goes, one feels that worry and concern are being mapped out on the faces of people, with questions floating in the air, "Will there be nuclear wars? "What fate awaits us? and "What is the future of humanity?
With the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict political, analyses posted on various media outlets have been rampant about the prospects of the eruption of a nuclear war that would bring humanity on its knees and destroy all signs of progress.
Good news have spread regarding the nearing visit of Pope Francis' historic visit to the fraternal Kingdom of Bahrain which will take place in early November being absolutely the first papal visit to Bahrain, the second to a Gulf country, and the seventh to an Arab country.
At last Pope Francis' visit to Bahrain is in the offing. There have recently been speculations about this visit by various analysts trying to predict its outcome and importance in the field of consolidating common living and peace among peoples of different faiths and affiliations.
