Pope Francis - page 2

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a Tweet on Friday called on world leaders to promote dialogue and compassion in the world.

EghtesadOnline: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Middle East with Pope Francis on Saturday and said prospects for peace there will suffer if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump moves Washington's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

EghtesadOnline: Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been "taken hostage" by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war weary.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani in a message congratulated Pope Francis , leader of the world Catholics and all Christians on birth anniversary of Prophet of peace and justice and messenger of friendship and brotherhood, the Jesus Christ (PBUH).

EghtesadOnline: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, known as the "saint of the gutters" during her life, was declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis on Sunday, fast-tracked to canonization just 19 years after her death.