He told them, “Dear young people, you are not the future but the now of God and he invites you and calls you in your communities and cities to go out and find your grandparents and elders; to stand up and with them to speak out and realize the dream that the Lord has dreamed for you.”
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For World Youth Day pilgrims, the pope’s presence is a source of inspiration
The presence of the pope at W.Y.D. was something of the utmost importance, an invaluable gift, and a source of immense inspiration and affirmation of the pilgrims’ faith.
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Cardinal O’Malley: World Youth Day is ‘an extraordinary grace for the church’
The cardinal described W.Y.D. as “an extraordinary event in the life of the church.”
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Cardinal O’Malley: Venezuela’s interim president has a formula that could avoid a civil war
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley believes that Venezuela’s interim president, Juan Guaido, “has come up with a formula that could avoid a civil war, could avoid bloodshed” in the country, and he regrets that the country’s military have “not yet” sided with him.
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Pope Francis on St. Óscar Romero, a model saint for Central America’s bishops
The pope described St. Óscar Romero as one of the “prophetic fruits of the church in Central America.”
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Pope Francis puts dialogue with Lefebvrites under the doctrinal congregation
Pope Francis has suppressed the Ecclesia Dei Commission, a significant decision with consequences for the Holy See’s relations with the priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X.
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Vatican lowers expectations ahead of February’s sex abuse summit
The pope wants the February summit “to be an assembly of pastors, not an academic conference—a meeting characterized by prayer and discernment, a catechetical and working gathering.”
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Pope Francis warns diplomats against rising nationalism, weakening multilateralism
“The reappearance of some populist and nationalist impulses today is progressively weakening the multilateral system,” Pope Francis said, “resulting in a general lack of trust, a crisis of credibility in international political life and a gradual marginalization of the most vulnerable members of the family of nations.”
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Pope Francis reminds us to imitate the Magi, who put Jesus at the center
It is not enough to know that Jesus was born, like Herod, if we do not encounter him.
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Director and deputy director of Vatican press office resign on last day of 2018
Alessandro Gisotti, an Italian journalist who is the social media coordinator for the Dicastery for Communications, has been appointed by the pope as interim director.