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Pope Francis' Lent Advice: Put Down Phone, Pick up Bible
Pope Francis urged Catholics Wednesday to use the season of Lent to spend less time immersed in the chatter and noise of the world through television and their phones, and...
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Personal Conversion Needed to Confront Satan's Lies, Pope Says in Lent message
There is an urgent need for personal conversion, without which the temptations of Satan, and the presence of evil, create a “hell here on earth,” Pope Francis said Monday in...
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Pope Francis: Ask God for the Strength to Love your Enemies
Ask God for the grace to love your enemies, Pope Francis said Sunday in a homily in the Italian city of Bari.
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Pope Francis on Middle East: War Should Never Be Considered Normal
War is madness, Pope Francis told bishops gathered in the Italian city of Bari in a speech that warned against populist sentiments and condemned countries that sell weapons that fund...
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Pope Francis: Canon Law Revision Project is Concluding
Pope Francis said on Friday that canon law can be like medicine, because justice is healing for the entire Church. The pope also said that a long-running process of revising...
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In new series, Pope Francis Offers Insights on the Nicene Creed
An Italian television station released on Monday the first in an eight part series of interviews designed to highlight reflections from Pope Francis on the Nicene Creed.
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Pope Francis Speaks about Financial Reforms to Vatican Tribunal
As the Holy See awaits the results of a scheduled financial inspection, Pope Francis spoke about ongoing financial reform and investigations at the opening of the judicial year of the...
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Next Ordinary Synod of Bishops to be Held in 2022
The next ordinary assembly of the synod of bishops is to be held in the fall of 2022, according to a press release from the Vatican on Saturday.
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In Querida Amazonia, Pope Calls for Women in Church Leadership, But Not Diaconate
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon calls for women in the South American region to be included in new forms of service in the Church, but not within the...
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Querida Amazonia: What Pope Francis Said, and Didn't, on Priesthood and Marriage
While Pope Francis was expected to focus in the apostolic exhortation published today on a proposal to ordain married priests in the Amazon region, the pope instead emphasized the importance...
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Pope Francis' Amazon Exhortation Calls for Holiness, Not Married Priests
Pope Francis published his response to the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod in an apostolic exhortation Wednesday. Despite widespread speculation following the synod, the pope does not call for married priests,...
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Pope's Exhortation on Amazon Synod to Come Out Next Week
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region will be published Feb. 12, the Vatican announced Friday.
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Pope Francis to Financial leaders: Ending poverty is our duty
Pope Francis called on global financial leaders and economists to end economic inequality Wednesday, saying that modern resources make ending global poverty possible - and a responsibility.
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Pope Francis: Poverty of Spirit Does not Hide Shortcomings from the World
Pope Francis said Wednesday that a focus on achieving fame or having a perfect image in the eyes of the world denies God’s call to poverty of spirit and is...
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One Year After Declaration on Fraternity, Pope Calls for End to Terrorism
Pope Francis Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the joint signing of the Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity with a video message urging an end to extremism and terrorism.
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Pope Francis: The World Needs Catholics Who Go Out, Proclaim Jesus
Pope Francis spoke Sunday about the need for Catholics to be active in going out to announce the faith of Jesus Christ to the world.
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How to be Hopeful? Stay Close to the Lord, Pope Says on Candlemas
There are always things which seem hopeless if seen with the eyes of the world, which is why those in religious life must stay close to the Lord every day,...
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Pope Francis: Civilized Society Recognizes the Value of Human Life
Warning of the modern tendency to judge human life on the basis of utility rather than dignity, Pope Francis Thursday urged the need to protect the lives of the smallest...
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Pope Francis to Publish a Book with Reflections on St. John Paul II
Pope Francis has co-authored a book of reflections on the life of St. John Paul II to be published in Italian.
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'Never again': Pope Francis Calls For Prayer on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Pope Francis has asked for people to spend a moment in prayer and recollection on Monday for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
