In his general audience, Pope Francis emphasized how following Jesus often means accepting that we don’t have total control over our lives, especially as we age.
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Pope Francis: Visit the elderly—together and often
In his general audience, Pope Francis implored Catholics to take care of the elderly as a community of faith.
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Pope Francis: Don’t use makeup to hide your wrinkles
In his general audience, Pope Francis highlighted how old age ironically helps us to fulfill Jesus’ commandment to be “born again.”
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Pope Francis: Do not ‘cancel’ the elderly from your life
“Do not hide old age, do not hide the fragility of old age,” Pope Francis said in his Wednesday audience. “This is a teaching for all of us.”
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Pope Francis: The elderly have seen it all. If they can still have hope, we all can.
If the elderly, who have seen it all by that time, keep intact their passion for justice, then there is hope for love, and also for faith.
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Pope Francis: Be like Job and bring your complaints to God in prayer
“God is not afraid of our prayer of protest, no!” Pope Francis said in his Wednesday audience, during which he talked about lessons the faithful can take from the book of Job.
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Pope Francis: ‘This is our identity: we are God’s loved ones.’
At times, by over-emphasizing our efforts to do good works, we have created an ideal of holiness excessively based on ourselves.
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Pope Francis: Grandparents are valuable for more than just their money
“The life of our communities must know how to benefit from the talents and charisms of so many elderly people who are already retired, but who are a wealth to be treasured,” Pope Francis said in his weekly audience.
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Pope Francis tells the elderly: Don’t be religious hypocrites—young people are watching us.
The story of Eleazar refusing to back down from his faith even in his old age reminds us that faith without action is just hypocrisy.
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Pope Francis: The Bible can help you learn to love your mother-in-law
“Look closely at the relationship you have with your mothers-in-law: at times they are a bit special, but they have been the mother to your spouse, they have given you everything.”