How many errors have been made in the history of evangelization by seeking to impose a single cultural model! Uniformity as a rule of life is not Christian! Unity yes, uniformity no!
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis: Synod calls us to become experts in the art of encounter
Nothing leaves Jesus indifferent; everything is of concern to him. Encountering faces, meeting eyes, sharing each individual’s history.
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Pope Francis: The world needs more vaccines and less war.
Speaking at the Colosseum in Rome today, Pope Francis addressed leaders of the world’s religions and governments, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on the topic of peace and human fraternity.
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Pope Francis: We all become sinners — but we are fundamentally saints.
“Allow me to say, we are saints,” the pope said. ”But then, by our actions, we become sinners. But, fundamentally, we are saints.”
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Pope Francis: Our life should be a pilgrimage of hope
Today I would like to speak to you about my Apostolic Journey in Budapest and in Slovakia. I would summarize it as follows: it was a pilgrimage of prayer, a pilgrimage to the roots, a pilgrimage of hope.
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Pope Francis: Which of you knows the exact date of your baptism?
Baptism is not merely an external rite. Those who receive it are transformed deep within, in their inmost being, and possess new life.
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Pope Francis: Following rigid rules doesn’t lead to holiness.
Let us ask for the wisdom always to be aware of God’s love for us and to turn away the fundamentalists who propose to us a life of artificial asceticism.
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Pope Francis: Hypocrisy in the church is ‘particularly detestable’
Hypocrisy in the Church is particularly detestable; and unfortunately, hypocrisy exists in the Church and there are many hypocritical Christians and ministers.
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Pope Francis wants you to ask yourself: Do you live in fear of hell—or in God’s love?
In his weekly audience, Pope Francis explained the Law’s role in two stages of our lives: before we become believers in Jesus Christ and after receiving the faith.
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Pope Francis: Encounter with Jesus is more important than all of the commandments
Pope Francis speaks in his weekly audience about St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians and what it tells us about covenant, law and encounter with Christ.