Ahead of the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year, Pope Francis pressed world financial ministers on June 5 to support an international mechanism to alleviate foreign debt, which is now estimated at some ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Thursday for new international agreements to reduce the debt burden faced by low-income countries and a shift in spending from arms and ...

The West has an enormous ecological debt towards the Global South. Pope Francis, in his message for Peace 2025, implores the wealthiest countries on the planet to forgive the debts of the poorer ones.

VATICAN CITY, June 5 (Reuters) - The world must do more to reduce the debt burden faced by low income countries to avoid them entering a cycle of poverty and despair, Pope Francis said on Wednesday.

Vatican-backed report calls for global debt relief amid climate crisis. Story by Mongabay • 1w. ... Pope Francis declared 2025 as a Jubilee Year, or a year of hope and forgiveness.

CNA Newsroom, Jan 1, 2025 / 07:30 am. Pope Francis marked the Angelus prayer on the first day of 2025 by calling on Christian nations to set an example through debt relief for the world’s ...

Pope Francis on Dec. 12 called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the alleviation of foreign debt and the creation of a new global fund to eradicate hunger and combat climate change.

(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 ...

On Easter Sunday, the pope made a widely reported request for lenders to forgive the debts of poor countries now facing the threat of COVID-19. ... Macron Echoes Pope Francis' Call for Debt Relief.

VATICAN CITY – The world must do more to reduce the debt burden faced by low income countries to avoid them entering a cycle of poverty and despair, Pope Francis said on June 5. Global debt ...

CNA Staff, Apr 14, 2020 / 07:10 am. French President Emmanuel Macron has echoed Pope Francis' call for debt relief for the world's poorest countries amid the coronavirus crisis.