TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis condemned on Wednesday the killing of scores of farmers and villagers in northeast Nigeria by militants as a "terroristic massacre" that offended the name of God.
News ID: 3473297 Publish Date : 2020/12/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkey's decision to again make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, the latest religious leader to condemn the move.
News ID: 3471976 Publish Date : 2020/07/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The office of Pope Francis said it has contacted the United States’ UN mission to convey Iran’s concerns about the anti-Tehran sanctions that have hampered efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 3471107 Publish Date : 2020/04/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Iranian cleric wrote a letter to the head of the Catholic Church, calling on him to step in to end the US sanctions on Iran.
News ID: 3470955 Publish Date : 2020/03/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis will promote inter-religious dialogue this year during a trip to the world's biggest Muslim country Indonesia.
News ID: 3470519 Publish Date : 2020/02/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis on Thursday urged the United States and Iran to avoid escalation and pursue “dialogue and self-restraint” to avert a wider conflict in the Middle East.
News ID: 3470315 Publish Date : 2020/01/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Islamic Center, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday.
News ID: 3469887 Publish Date : 2019/11/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis called Friday for an overhaul of the way theology is taught in Catholic schools, saying students must learn about dialogue with Judaism and Islam, and that overall there must be greater freedom in theological research and academic pursuits.
News ID: 3468804 Publish Date : 2019/06/22
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has sent an official invitation to Pope Francis to visit the Arab country.
News ID: 3468373 Publish Date : 2019/04/24
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis on Saturday joined Morocco's King Mohammed VI in saying Jerusalem al-Quds should be a "symbol of peaceful coexistence" for Christians, Jews and Muslims, on the first day of a visit to the North African country.
News ID: 3468206 Publish Date : 2019/03/31
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis on Sunday became the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula, just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the war against Yemen, where his host the United Arab Emirates has a leading military role.
News ID: 3467869 Publish Date : 2019/02/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis made an urgent appeal for an end to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen on Sunday as he embarked on the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula, where he is seeking to turn a page in Christian-Muslim relations while also ministering to a unique, thriving island of Catholicism.
News ID: 3467867 Publish Date : 2019/02/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An international gathering of religious figures got underway in the UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi on Sunday, ahead of a visit to the Persian Gulf Arab country by Pope Francis.
News ID: 3467865 Publish Date : 2019/02/03
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis will “encourage the Catholics throughout the world to continue to put into practice the teachings of the Church regarding dialogue with Muslims” when he visits the United Arab Emirates, according to one expert on interreligious dialogue.
News ID: 3467837 Publish Date : 2019/01/30
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis, in a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expressed concern about the status of Jerusalem al-Quds, months after the US recognized the occupied Palestinian city as Israel’s “capital” despite international criticisms and warnings.
News ID: 3467378 Publish Date : 2018/12/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The leader of the worldwide Catholic Church thanked an Iranian woman for gifting him calligraphy works featuring verses of the Holy Quran.
News ID: 3467212 Publish Date : 2018/11/13
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A series of Quranic calligraphy works by an Iranian artist was given to the Vatican Ambassador to the Philippines Gabriel Cacci in a ceremony on Friday.
News ID: 3466664 Publish Date : 2018/09/01
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border, saying the deaths would only lead to more violence, and appealed for dialogue to bring justice and peace to the Middle East.
News ID: 3465863 Publish Date : 2018/05/16
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) secretary-general met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday and thanked him for his stance on the plight of Rohingya Muslims and migration issues.
News ID: 3465409 Publish Date : 2018/03/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from Muslim refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and indifference they have endured, demanded their rights be recognized and pronounced the word he had so assiduously avoided only days earlier in Myanmar: "Rohingya."
News ID: 3464574 Publish Date : 2017/12/01
