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Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: Ask Christ to roll back the stone blocking your heart
April 21, 2019
In his Easter Vigil homily, Pope Francis said that the Risen Christ desires to “roll back the stone” that blocks the entrance to one’s heart, so that God’s light and love can enter. “The Lord calls us to get up, to rise at his word, to look up and to realize that we were made
At Colosseum Stations of the Cross, Pope Francis prays for abused minors
April 19, 2019
Pope Francis’ prayer at Good Friday’s Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum included a plea for abused youth and for the Church, whom he said is continually under attack. “Lord Jesus, help us to see in Your Cross all the crosses of the world … the cross of little ones wounded in their innocence
Good Friday at the Vatican: Christ is among the pariahs
April 19, 2019
At the Vatican’s Good Friday service, the papal preacher connected Christ’s Passion with all in history who have suffered the degradation of their human dignity, highlighting in particular the experience of African-American slaves. “The final word is not and never will be injustice and oppression. Jesus not only restored dignity to the disinherited of the
‘Mary, dry our tears’: French priests respond to Notre-Dame blaze
April 17, 2019
Father Pierre Amar was praying in Notre-Dame de Paris at 5 p.m. Monday evening to prepare spiritually for the Easter Triduum; hours later he was ringing the “funeral bells” at his parish to mourn the flames consuming the “mother of all the cathedrals in France.” Hearing the bells, Amar’s parishioners came to their church in
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: True triumph is found in Christ’s humility
April 14, 2019
On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis warned against the temptation of “triumphalism,” encouraging Catholics to follow Jesus’s way of humility and obedience exemplified in His Passion. “Joyful acclamations at Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, followed by his humiliation. Festive cries followed by brutal torture. This twofold mystery accompanies our entrance into Holy Week each year,” Pope Francis
Pope Francis explains the most dangerous attitude in Christian life
April 10, 2019
Pope Francis warned Wednesday that pride is the most dangerous attitude in the Christian life, pointing out that even the holiest of people have received everything from God. “None of us loves God as He loved us. It is enough to put oneself before a crucifix to grasp the disproportion,” Pope Francis said on April
Justin Welby joins Pope Francis to co-host South Sudan peace talks
April 10, 2019
The leaders of the newest country in the world will meet this week in the smallest country in the world. Vatican City will host the leaders of war-torn South Sudan for a spiritual retreat April 10-11, with the goal of facilitating “encounter and reconciliation, in a spirit of respect and trust” for those who have
Nine-year-old cancer patient on the path to sainthood
April 09, 2019
Pope Francis Monday recognized the heroic virtue of nine-year old Brazilian boy, who “never complained” during cancer treatments, but instead offered his suffering to Jesus. Diagnosed in 1963 with osteosarcoma, Nelson Santana, then eight years old, asked his mother in the hospital one day to “promise Jesus not to complain in the face of suffering
Wilton Gregory appointed next Archbishop of Washington
April 04, 2019
Pope Francis Thursday named Archbishop Wilton Gregory the Archbishop of Washington, succeeding Cardinal Donald Wuerl. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, 71, is the Archbishop of Atlanta, where he has served since 2004. Gregory will be the first African-American Archbishop of Washington, a historic milestone for the Church in the United States underscored by the April 4 anniversary
Pope Francis asks youth for help in ‘preventing atrocities’ of abuse
April 03, 2019
Pope Francis has called upon young people to be vigilant in the face of “horrible crimes” of clerical sexual abuse, and to confront priests “at risk” of betraying the trust of their office. The pope issued the plea in his post-synodal apostolic exhortation on youth, Christus vivit, published Tuesday. “If you see a priest at
Pope Francis: God desires solidarity among Catholics and Muslims
April 03, 2019
Reflecting upon his recent apostolic journey to Morocco, Pope Francis said Wednesday that God desires a greater sense of fraternity among Catholics and Muslims as “brother children of Abraham.” “Some may ask, ‘But why does the Pope visit the Muslims and not only the Catholics?’” Pope Francis said in St Peter’s Square on April 3.
Pope Francis: Freedom of conscience in danger in ‘Christian countries’
April 01, 2019
Pope Francis decried the regression of freedom of conscience in “Christian countries” during an in-flight press conference Sunday, telling reporters on his return trip from Morocco, “let’s not accuse Muslims”. When asked by a French reporter about a criminal law in Morocco that prohibits enticing a Muslim to convert to another religion, Francis responded, “Let’s
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