Pope Francis also prayed for the victims of the attacks on Sunday.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
For New Year, pope urges help for refugees, respect for life
“Let’s not extinguish the hope in their hearts; let’s not suffocate their hopes for peace,” the pope said of refugees.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
At the end of 2017 Pope Francis distributes postcard illustrating the horror of war
The photo shows a young boy, about 10 years old, carrying his dead little brother on his back.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis says 2017 marked by death, “lies and injustices”
In his homily on New Year’s eve,, the pope said God gave to us a “whole and sound” year, but “we humans in so many ways ruined and hurt it.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Christmas is not disposable and neither is Mary.
We celebrate the Virgin Mary because in her, the mystery of Christmas saturates creation.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The Feast of the Holy Family: ‘Grief is the price we pay for love.’
No one can love us like family, and no one can hurt us like family.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Today we celebrate Mary as mother of God and the mother of the church
Her freedom to serve and ponder Christ became the pattern for both collective and individual discipleship.
Posted inFaith, News
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.”
Posted inFaith, News
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.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ ‘field hospital’ calls us to radically rethink church life
Medics are useless if the wounded cannot reach them.