Pope Francis Meets World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (WUCWO) on May 13, 2023. He encourages women to help others find peace through their capacity to build relationships. He also lamented the threat women face in various parts of the world where they risk becoming tools in the midst of ‘political disputes and cultural ideologies’. Photo: Vatican Media (EV) / ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (WUCWO) on May 13, 2023. He encourages women to help others find peace through their capacity to build relationships. He also lamented the threat women face in various parts of the world where they risk becoming tools in the midst of ‘political disputes and cultural ideologies’. Photo: Vatican Media (EV) / ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Meets World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations - Vatican

Pope Francis Meets World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations (WUCWO) on May 13, 2023. He encourages women to help others find peace through their capacity to build relationships. He also lamented the threat women face in various parts of the world where they risk becoming tools in the midst of ‘political disputes and cultural ideologies’. Photo: Vatican Media (EV) / ABACAPRESS.COM

Experts call for boosting dialogue, mutual learning at civilizations forum in E China

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Israel heads to new elections: media

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Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Japan's wartime, postwar English texts reflect changing ideas

Wakayama University professor Haruo Erikawa compares an English textbook during World War II (L) with one immediately after the war to analyze revisions enforced by the education ministry at the time in this photo taken on Oct. 27, 2014, at the university in Wakayama, western Japan. The alterations, such as changes of words and blackening out or removal of undesirable pages, reflect the values and ideologies the authorities of the time wanted to instill in Japanese students through language study. (Photo by Tatsuya Hagiwara) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo