Articles on this issue "Gypsies"
Benedict XVI says Gypsy children are entitled to a better life, as he urged them to fit their families into the civil fabric of Europe with dignity. The Pope said this when he addressed a …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered Saturday upon receiving some 2,000 gypsies in audience in Paul VI Hall. * * * Venerable Brothers, Dear Brothers and Sisters, …
read moreThe Catholic Romani community worldwide celebrated Blessed Ceferino Jiménez Malla -- known popularly as "El Pele" -- with the 7th International Pilgrimage of the Gypsy People. The pilgrimage …
read moreA history of discrimination and persecution, including genocide perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II, calls for an active integration of gypsies in society, says Archbishop Antonio …
read moreThe Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights will debate issues such as eugenics and the right to have a family in a case of alleged forced sterilization. The court will hold a …
read moreEurope needs to look at the complexities of issues surrounding Gypsies, or Roma, both for the present and the future, says the secretary of the Vatican's council for migrants. Archbishop …
read moreThe pilgrimage of the statue of Our Lady of Gypsies to the shrine of Lourdes marks the 54th annual pilgrimage of gypsies and itinerant people to the French Marian shrine. Some 8,000 gypsies …
read moreThe Vatican is urging better treatment for Gypsies, particularly the end to "special schools" for the ethnic group and the forced sterilization of their women. These are two of the …
read moreHere is the final document of the 6th World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Gypsies, which was held Sept. 1-4 in Freising, Germany. The text was released today by the Pontifical Council for …
read moreYoung gypsies will be encouraged this week to be protagonists of their society and their future at an international congress organized by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers. …
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