• Look to Christ, not the law, to receive new life
    Look to Christ, not the law, to receive new life
    The law is a path and “may the Lord help people walk along the path of the Ten Commandments, however, by looking at Christ’s love, the encounter with Christ, knowing that the encounter with Jesus is more important than all the commandments,” he said. - (Excerpt)
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  • Pope: Grandparents ‘precious source of nourishment’
    Pope: Grandparents ‘precious source of nourishment’
    Pope Francis wrote the homily for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly Mass July 25 in St. Peter's Basilica, celebrated by Archbishop Rino Fisichella. “Let us protect them, so that nothing of their lives and dreams may be lost. May we never regret that we were insufficiently attentive to those who loved us and gave us life."
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  • Saints accompany, intercede for Christians in prayer
    Saints accompany, intercede for Christians in prayer
    Pope Francis: Look to the saints for prayerful support.
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  • Iraq visit was ‘sign of hope’ for suffering people
    Iraq visit was ‘sign of hope’ for suffering people
    Pope Francis: “Never before has a pope been in the land of Abraham. Providence willed that this should happen now, as a sign of hope."
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  • Fight temptation with faith, prayer and penance
    Fight temptation with faith, prayer and penance
    During Pope Francis' Feb. 21 Angelus address, he warned against engaging in dialogue with the devil but to remain strong in faith through prayer and penance.
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  • A day that begins with prayer is a good day, pope say
    A day that begins with prayer is a good day, pope say
    Prayer makes every day better, even the most difficult days, Pope Francis said.
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  • Failure to remember Holocaust will lead world down same path
    Failure to remember Holocaust will lead world down same path
    Pope Francis says remembering the Holocaust and its victims serves as a warning to humanity that such horrors could happen again.
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  • Verify before sharing 'news,' pope says in Communications Day message
    Verify before sharing 'news,' pope says in Communications Day message
    Pope Francis offers a lesson in media literacy: Check out the truth before spreading fake news.
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  • Praising God purifies the soul, is like breathing ‘pure oxygen,’ pope says
    Praising God purifies the soul, is like breathing ‘pure oxygen,’ pope says
    Pope Francis contemplates on St. Matthew's Gospel that "Jesus does not lift up a lament to the Father" but rather a joyful song of praise. So must we in this time of crisis.
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  • God gives everyone the task of being peacemakers
    God gives everyone the task of being peacemakers
    During Pope Francis' World Day of Peace message, he insisted that peace is a gift that requires a human response and human effort.
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  • Christmas Eve Mass to be livestreamed at vaticannews.va
    Christmas Eve Mass to be livestreamed at vaticannews.va
    Praying to God in times of joy and sorrow is a natural, human thing to do because it connects men and women to their father in heaven, the pope says.
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  • Communities that take their own ‘path’ lack Holy Spirit
    Communities that take their own ‘path’ lack Holy Spirit
    Catholic communities and groups that claim to be working to improve church life, but attempt to do so without prayer, the Eucharist and unity with the rest of the church sadden the pope.
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  • Mary shows how to turn fear into invitation to hear God's call, pope says
    Mary shows how to turn fear into invitation to hear God's call, pope says
    There is no better way to pray than like Mary, who opened her heart to God with humility and trust, Pope Francis says.
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  • Pope: Ask Jesus to pray for you when you can't
    Pope: Ask Jesus to pray for you when you can't
    By asking to be baptized with other penitents in the Jordan River, Jesus placed himself among those who recognized themselves as sinners, Pope Francis said.
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  • Prayer, crying out to God is our only source of salvation
    Prayer, crying out to God is our only source of salvation
    Pope Francis said that while not all problems are solved in prayer, sometimes, it is enough for one to know that “the Lord listens.”
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  • Post-pandemic world must not return to selfishness
    Post-pandemic world must not return to selfishness
    Pope Francis says after the pandemic ends, the world must aspire to be better and not return to its previous “sickened” normality of injustice, inequality and environmental degradation.
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  • Pope: Creation must be protected, not exploited
    Pope: Creation must be protected, not exploited
    Pope Francis said people are called to contemplate creation as a reflection of “God’s infinite wisdom and goodness” and not act as if people are the “center of everything."
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  • Pope offers prayers for Lebanon after massive explosion
    Pope offers prayers for Lebanon after massive explosion
    After a massive explosion at the port of Beirut killed at least 180 people, Pope Francis called on all Lebanese “to continue to hope and to find again the strength and energy needed to start over.”
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  • Complicated crossings: Pandemic has not stopped migration
    Complicated crossings: Pandemic has not stopped migration
    The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not stopped people from seeking safety and a better life abroad...
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  • Pope: Show grandparents, elderly that you care
    Pope: Show grandparents, elderly that you care
    Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own.
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