The Apostolic Nuncio, H.E. Msgr. Jose’ A. Bettencourt held high level meetings at the Vatican
The Apostolic Nuncio was in the Vatican during the first half of the month of April. He was received by Pope Francis in a private audience in the Papal library in the Apostolic Palace. The Apistolic Nuncio presented His Holiness an icon of the Holy Family made by monks of […]
Publication of a new collection “Our Catholic Ancestors”
Georgia is Sakartvelo the land of the golden fleece, an ancient land and people with a rich history and culture that has brought to the fore some of the best minds in the world. In the present series, Irakli Javakhishvili and Konstantine Akopashvili present catholic figures of modern Georgia, […]
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED TO THE HOLY SEE Benediction Hall Monday, 8 February 2021 Your Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank the Dean, His Excellency Mr George Poulides, Ambassador of Cyprus, for the kind words and good wishes he […]
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem” (Mt 20:18) Lent: a Time for Renewing Faith, Hope and Love Dear Brothers and Sisters, Jesus revealed to his disciples the deepest meaning of his mission when he told them of his passion, death and resurrection, in fulfilment of the Father’s […]
WORLD DAY OF PEACE
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 54th WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 JANUARY 2021 A CULTURE OF CARE AS A PATH TO PEACE 1. At the dawn of a new year, I extend cordial greetings to Heads of State and Government, leaders of International Organizations, […]
Sakartvelo: the “Sacred Land”
In 2020 the Artanugi publishing house published a Georgian translation of the historic book “Colchide Sacra” (Sacrid Colchide) of Arcangelo Lamberti, an Italian missionary in Georgia of the seventeenth century. The 480-page book was translated from the original Italian by Giorgi Tskhitishvili and is the first ever publication of a […]
Apostolic Nuncio’s Christmas Message
We are getting ready to celebrate Christmas and New Year 2021. At the Apostolic Nunciature we are fortunate to have a number of Christmas crèches on display. They remind us of what we are celebrating. It is a century-old tradition going back to St. Francis of Assis, recalling Christ’s birth […]
Angelus mid-day prayer of 1.XI.2020
Pope Francis: “Nagorno-Karabakh It’s tragic…: May they not think of using violence to resolve the controversy, but dedicate themselves to sincere negotiation with the help of the international community”: “On this feast day let us not forget what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh where the armed clashes are taking place amid […]
All Saints Day 2020: catacombs, “holy geeks” and Beatitudes
All Saints Day 2020: catacombs, “holy geeks” and Beatitudes All Saints Nov. 1, 2020 (Rev 7:2-4.9-14, Ps 24, 1 Jn 3:1-3, Mt 5:1-12) The day after the elections in Georgia, living in a violent and troubled world with terrorist attacks in France, war in the South Caucasus, a prolonged coronavirus […]
“Laudato si” in Georgian Edition
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter “Laudato si’, dated on the 25 of May 2015 was officially published on the 18 June 2015, five years ago this year. Inspired in Holy Scriptures and especially in the XIII century St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Sun (or Canticle of the Creatures), the […]