![]() ![]() The so-called Pachamama stunt during Francis’s synod on the Amazon epitomized the depth of conservative opposition to the pope, which only intensified after he launched a crackdown on the use of the old Latin Mass. 21, 2019: Conservative Catholic activists steal three Amazonian Indigenous statues from a Vatican-area church and throw them in the Tiber River, claiming they were pagan idols. The “Human Fraternity” document would go onto become a cornerstone of the pope’s effort to forge better relations with the Muslim world. 4, 2019: Francis signs a document pledging Christian-Muslim cooperation to work for peace with the grand imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the seat of Sunni learning, during the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula. The historic meeting in Havana, Cuba, wouldn’t be repeated, as hoped, following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.įrom the archives (March 2022): Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has all but blessed Putin’s attack on Ukraine, inviting church fissureįeb. 13, 2016: “We are brothers,” Francis says as he becomes the first pope to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. His emphasis on the church being a merciful “field hospital” of welcome would long outlast the official jubilee year.įeb. 29, 2015: Francis starts his yearlong Jubilee of Mercy by opening the holy door of the Bangui cathedral, bringing his message of peace to the conflict-wracked Central African Republic. July 29, 2013: During his first airborne press conference as pope, Francis is asked about a purportedly gay priest and replies, “Who am I to judge?” His comment while flying home from World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro signaled a more conciliatory, welcoming tone for LGBTQ Catholics who long felt marginalized by the church. ![]() ![]() The plight of refugees would go on to become a major concern of his pontificate, including when he returned from Greece in 2016 with 12 Syrian migrants aboard his plane. He said: "It is always late at night, after midnight, people losing control of their vehicle."ĭuring the collision in the early hours of Sunday, March 26, he said the recently-installed traffic lights were also hit and will need to be repaired, and not for the first time.July 8, 2013: Francis travels to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa for his first pastoral visit outside Rome to denounce the “globalization of indifference” that greets migrants who risk their lives trying to reach Europe. Haroon, who lives with his partner, Sophie Brown, and their four-year-old son Zak, moved into the house three-and-a-half years ago and since then says there have been six crashes on that bend of Ladgate Lane, another of which also struck the garden wall. READ MORE: Witness appeal after death of motorcycle passenger after 'brief' police pursuit The 28-year-old said the footage also captured how moments earlier a couple had walked past the house, prompting him to say: "Someone could easily have been killed." ![]() CCTV shows a car leave the road and smash into the perimeter wall of the property. Haroon Huss and his family were in bed in their Marton Avenue home when they heard a huge bang in the early hours of Sunday morning. A householder said it is "lucky no-one was killed" after a car ploughed into the garden wall of his home - moments after pedestrians had walked past. ![]()
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