The pope greeted the children and “exchanged some words of comfort with the parents who are caring for their children in their tiring and painful trials.”
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Pope Francis to teachers: Help students to be open to others in a ‘culture of encounter.’
They need to be “capable of caring and tenderness—I am thinking of bullying here—free from widespread fallacies” that claim the only way to be worth anything is “to be competitive, aggressive and tough toward others
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Bishop urges prayers for peace after attack on Coptic Christians
Pope Francis also prayed for the victims of the attacks on Sunday.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ ‘field hospital’ calls us to radically rethink church life
Medics are useless if the wounded cannot reach them.
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Following Francis: The pope’s social media ministry takes off
Pope Francis has already attracted more than 40 million followers on Twitter, and he is quickly making a splash on Instagram as well.
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Pope Francis’ New Year priorities: Refugees, youths, trips and more Curia reform
Pope Francis, newly 81, will begin 2018 with a focus on Mary and on migrants and refugees.