Speaking on the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed League of Nations, Francis said today’s leaders can learn two lessons from the ashes of World War I.
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Pope Francis to teachers: Help students to be open to others in a ‘culture of encounter.’
They need to be “capable of caring and tenderness—I am thinking of bullying here—free from widespread fallacies” that claim the only way to be worth anything is “to be competitive, aggressive and tough toward others
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Monks killed in Algeria, depicted in ‘Of Gods and Men,’ will soon be beatified
The decree for their beatification should be published sometime in January, Trappist Father Thomas Georgeon said.
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Pope Francis: Theologians should be ‘faithful and anchored’ to teachings of Vatican II
At Vatican II, the pope said, the church recognized its responsibility to “proclaim the Gospel in a new way.”
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Vatican: 13 priests, 1 religious brother, 1 nun and 8 lay workers killed in 2017
The majority of Catholic Church workers violently killed in 2017 were victims of attempted robberies.
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Pope Francis: Festivities become a facade when Christ is left out of Christmas
In Europe, Christmas is being stripped of its true nature “in the name of a false respect for those who are not Christian.”
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Pope Francis: Get to Mass early; don’t calculate how late you can be
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Don’t be late for Mass believing the introductory rites do not matter, Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims. The words and gestures that open the celebration help the faithful come together as one and prepare them to listen to the Word of God and celebrate the Eucharist worthily, he said Dec. […]
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Vatican releases new instruction on authenticating and protecting relics of saints
“The dismemberment of the body is not allowed” unless the bishop has obtained permission from the saints’ congregation.
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Pope Francis: The media must be factual and free from manipulation
The pope spoke Dec. 16 with members of the Italian Periodical Press Union and members of the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies, which represents nearly 200 Catholic newspapers.
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Pope Francis urged Jesuits in Myanmar to convert hearts of those closed to refugees
Pope Francis said a Jesuit’s mission is to be close to the people, especially those who are suffering and forgotten because “to see them is to see Christ suffering and crucified.”