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The four women being canonised alongside John Henry Newman
October 11, 2019
Pope Francis will canonize four women alongside John Henry Newman this Sunday. These women – a stigmatist, a mystic, a Roman orphan, and Nobel Peace prize nominee – also proclaimed Christ through their lives and their miracles in a unique way. Mother Mariam Thresia Mother Mariam Thresia (1876-1926) was an Indian mystic and founder of
Pope Francis urges new cardinals to imitate Christ’s compassionate heart
October 05, 2019
Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals on Saturday, encouraging each of them to ask for the grace to have a compassionate heart like Christ. “The readiness of a cardinal to shed his own blood – as signified by the scarlet color of your robes – is secure if it is rooted in this awareness of
Pope Francis: Clericalism linked to fixation on sexual morality
September 26, 2019
In a meeting with Jesuits in Mozambique earlier this month, Pope Francis said that clericalism is a direct result of rigidity and linked to a fixation on sexual morality. “One dimension of clericalism is the exclusive moral fixation on the sixth commandment,” Pope Francis said according to the Jesuit-run journal La Civilta Cattolica transcript published
Pope Francis says slander is a ‘diabolical cancer’
September 25, 2019
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that slander is a ‘diabolical cancer’ that seriously damages the Church. “We know that slander always kills. This ‘diabolical cancer,’ which arises from the desire to destroy a person’s reputation, also attacks the rest of the ecclesial body,” Pope Francis said on September 25 in his general audience in St.
Pope Francis to visit Thailand and Japan in November
September 13, 2019
The Vatican confirmed on Friday that Pope Francis will travel to Thailand and Japan in November with stops scheduled in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pope Francis will visit Thailand November 20-23 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the Vatican Mission to Siam in 1669. The Pope will then travel November 23-26 to Japan, where
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