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The pope will visit the prison of Civitavecchia, outside Rome.
The two men prayed together ‘after a brief and affectionate conversation.’
The pope described war as ‘a blasphemous betrayal of the Lord of Passover.’
The pope pointed to the example of Bl. Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge killed by the mafia.
The pope accepted Turkson’s resignation as head of Vatican’s social development office in December.
‘May we be tireless in praying and in offering assistance to those who suffer,’ the pope said.
The pope urged Malta’s Catholics to be ‘tireless witnesses’ of God’s mercy.
The pope underlined that the Church in particular is called to help those with disabilities to “make their voices heard.”
Major Archbishop Shevchuk said: ‘Bring the devil to light and we will overcome.’
The pope said that ‘the rhetoric of inclusion is the ritual formula of every politically correct discourse.’
Cardinal Antonios Naguib died in Cairo at the age of 87.
The Episcopal Ordination of the Bishop-elect for Cameroon’s Mamfe Diocese has been scheduled to take place on the first Thursday in May.
‘Everyone has the obligation to recognize, respect, and bear witness to the Catholic identity of the school,’ the new document says.
The Vatican constitution now refers to ‘the liturgical books prior to the reform of the Second Vatican Council.’
In his homily, the pope said that the consecration ‘is no magic formula but a spiritual act.’
‘All of us are called to commit ourselves to universal fraternity,’ the pope wrote in a preface to the new guide.
‘Through the intercession of St. John Paul II, God led us to this residence,’ said Eleanor Petritschenko.
The pope will once again preside over the Via Crucis at the Colosseum on Good Friday.
The long-awaited text replaces the 1988 document ‘Pastor bonus.’
The pope is asking the bishops ‘to join him in praying for peace and in consecrating and entrusting Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.’