(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, DEC 12 - Pope Francis called for debt relief for the poor countries of the South of the globe and the universal abolition of the death penalty in his message for World Peace ...

“We have to help developing countries to achieve debt sustainability, through coordinated policies which should finance debt and reschedule debt” Pope ... Francis has made countering global ...

Charities including Cafod, Sciaf and Christian Aid lobbied for international debt relief outside the UK Treasury in London on ...

The Pope also called for initiatives for peace ... the lonely, the dying," said Francis. The faithful should entrust the new year to the Mother of God and hope for God's consolation.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday called on wealthy ... who has repeatedly called for debt relief for the poorer southern hemisphere. The pope has underlined the Jubilee Year as ...

The debt-relief proponents have ... had high hopes this week that Pope Francis would be joining them in the appeal for a new S.D.R. round. Responding to the global debt crisis has been one of ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday called for a global commitment to eradicate child labor, saying injustices committed against “the invisible little ones” are a gross violation against God’s ...

A consortium of charities are today warning that that high debt servicing costs are preventing Global South governments from ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday called on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter of justice on the occasion of the Vatican's ...