Pope Francis said businesses must “be increasingly guided not simply by the pursuit of fair profit, but also by high ethical standards, especially with regard to the less developed countries.”
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Pope Francis: Lust makes a mockery out of love
“Winning the battle against lust, against the ‘objectification’ of the other, can be a lifelong endeavor,” Pope Francis said today in his general audience.
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Pope Francis: Gluttony is the ‘most dangerous’ social vice
“If we interpret it from a social point of view, gluttony is perhaps the most dangerous vice, which is killing the planet,” Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience.
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Pope Francis on Epiphany: ‘Let us find God in flesh and bone, in the faces of those we meet each day.’
On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Francis reminds us that “contemplating God is beautiful, but it is only fruitful if we take a risk, the risk of the service of bringing God to others.”
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Pope Francis: Even the saints struggle with temptation
A famous saying attributed to Abba Anthony the Great, the first great father of monasticism, goes like this: “Remove temptations and no-one will be saved.”
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Pope Francis: ‘The devil is a seducer’
One must never dialogue, brothers and sisters, with the devil. Never!
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Pope Francis: Presents and parties aren’t the source of Christmas joy. Jesus is.
Pope Francis tells us that the nativity is like a living Gospel, enabling us to experience the “great joy” that comes from the mystery of Christ.
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Pope Francis: Christians cannot be closed off. Jesus calls us to be open.
The phrase “Ephphatha,” meaning “be open,” signifies the need for believers to be receptive to God’s message and to serve others. Christians are encouraged to embody openness.
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Pope Francis: Imitate the creativity and simplicity of the Holy Spirit
In his weekly audience, Pope Francis explained that as we bear witness to the Resurrected Christ, we are summoned to emulate the creativity and simplicity that characterize the Spirit’s actions.
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Pope Francis to COP28: ‘Destruction of the environment is an offense against God’
In a speech to the COP28 meeting of world leaders in Dubai read by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis decried the ‘inordinate greed that has made the environment the object of unbridled exploitation.’