Pope Leo’s Holy Thursday homily: ‘In this dark hour of history,’ do not shy away from your mission
As Catholics prepare for Easter on Holy Thursday, Pope Leo also called on the faithful in his homily to overcome fear and a sense of powerlessness in responding to the world’s crises.
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Do Catholics listen to what popes say about war?
I am left to wonder if national identity leads many to put country before God, and to see papal teaching as pious sentiment rather than an authentic expression of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the world today.
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