https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pope Francis on Saturday said he wept hearing the plight first-hand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, adding that this meeting was a condition set for his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. https://www.thelocal.it/20171203/pope-says-he-wept-while-meeting-rohingya-refugees Sun, 03 Dec 2017 05:48:10 +0100 pope-says-he-wept-while-meeting-rohingya-refugees Pope Francis arrived in mainly Buddhist Myanmar on Monday on a highly sensitive visit to a country facing sharp global criticism for the alleged ethnic cleansing of its Rohingya Muslim minority. https://www.thelocal.it/20171127/pope-francis-myanmar-visit Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:15:01 +0100 pope-francis-myanmar-visit The top Catholic official in Bangladesh hopes Pope Francis's visit there and to Myanmar will bolster moves to alleviate the Rohingya refugee crisis that has put the neighbouring nations in the global spotlight. https://www.thelocal.it/20171126/pope-can-help-but-rohingya-have-to-go-back-cardinal Sun, 26 Nov 2017 15:26:08 +0100 pope-can-help-but-rohingya-have-to-go-back-cardinal Pope Francis will meet Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar in Dhaka when he visits the Bangladeshi capital next week, a Vatican spokesman said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171122/pope-francis-rohingya-myanmar Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:39:19 +0100 pope-francis-rohingya-myanmar The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian state's rehabilitation by the international community. https://www.thelocal.it/20170504/the-vatican-has-established-full-diplamatic-relations-with-myanmar Thu, 04 May 2017 15:40:39 +0200 the-vatican-has-established-full-diplamatic-relations-with-myanmar