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Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on Jan. 22, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis: To Stay with Jesus Requires the Courage to Leave our Sins

Jan 22, 2023

In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis said that following Jesus requires the courage to leave behind the sins that are holding us back.

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Fr. Matthew Pagan (left), Sr. Lily Grace (center) and Sr. Agnes Leila Andrewous (right). Credit: ACI Africa

“Special call”: Liturgical Coordinators on Preparing for Papal Mass in South Sudan

Sr. Agnes Leila Andrewous. Credit: ACI Africa

Catholic Sister in South Sudan Shares Joy of Serving Two Visiting Popes

Caption: Pope Francis greeting congregation at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum on 5 February 2023 just before presiding over Holy Mass Credit: ACI Africa

“Africa is happy, grateful”: Catholic Bishops on Pope Francis’ Visit Despite Frail Health

Some South Sudanese women during Holy Mass in Juba. Credit: ACI Africa

“Ensure women are protected, respected, valued”: Pope Francis to South Sudanese

Pope Francis speaks at an audience with the Democratic Republic of Congo's authorities, diplomats, and representatives of civil society in the on Jan. 31, 2023, on the first leg of a six-day trip that will also include South Sudan. At right is President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Vatican Media

Why Pope Francis’ Focus on Africa, Church Peripheries is “disruptive in a good sense”

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Africa Had the Highest Number of Martyrs in 2022: Catholic Charity

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Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone and President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera. Credit: Courtesy Photo

President of Malawi Lauds Catholic Church’s “enormous socioeconomic impact”

Caption: Pope Francis greeting congregation at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum on 5 February 2023 just before presiding over Holy Mass Credit: ACI Africa

“Africa is happy, grateful”: Catholic Bishops on Pope Francis’ Visit Despite Frail Health

Pope Francis greets a young boy a Mass in Juba, South Sudan on Feb. 5, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope at Mass in South Sudan: In the Name of Jesus, Lay Down the Weapons of Hatred

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Africa Had the Highest Number of Martyrs in 2022: Catholic Charity

Pope Francis meets a boy living in an IDP camp during a gathering in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 4, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Meets 2,500 Refugees in South Sudan

Pope Francis speaks to the media on Feb. 5, 2023, during his return flight to Rome from his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis’ In-flight Press Conference: God Accompanies People with Same-sex Attraction

Some South Sudanese women during Holy Mass in Juba. Credit: ACI Africa

“Ensure women are protected, respected, valued”: Pope Francis to South Sudanese

Caption: Pope Francis greeting congregation at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum on 5 February 2023 just before presiding over Holy Mass. Credit: ACI Africa

Thanks for “bold decision” to Visit South Sudan: Catholic Archbishop to Pope Francis

A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southeast. The combined death toll for Turkey and Syria after the region’s strongest quake in nearly a century is in the thousands. / Photo by CAN EROK/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis, Syriac Patriarch call for prayers after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Pope Francis met with bishops, priests, and religious in St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 4, 2023. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Holds Moment of Silence for Slain Priests and Religious in South Sudan

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