“I hope that this visit will be an embrace of consolation and of encouragement to all Christians in the Middle East,” the pope said.
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Pope pays tribute to modern martyrs, calls for witnesses of God’s love
At Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22, honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships and terrorism.
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Pope Francis in Egypt: seeking better relations with the Muslim world
Pope Francis will be in Egypt for two days beginning on April 28.
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Pope Francis’ goals for Egypt trip: Strengthening weary Christians and reaching out to all
Pope Francis “will affirm that there is a certain solidarity among Christians” and that “we are all related together by Jesus.”
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Bill O’Reilly meets Pope Francis. How did that happen?
Bill O’Reilly, a Catholic, who last year challenged the pope’s views on immigration and promised to convince him of the need for reform, shook hands briefly with the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics at the Vatican.
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Will he or won’t he? Speculation builds on Trump meeting with Pope Francis
The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, told America that no official request for an audience had arrived at the Vatican from the U.S. president as of late Wednesday evening, April 19.
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Father James Martin: Holy Saturday teaches Christians the right way to wait
We are called to the wait of the Christian, which is called hope.
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It’s all Good… Friday. Jesuitical Ep. 8
Why is the Easter Vigil so long? And why should you definitely go anyway? We sat down with James Martin, S.J., (again) to talk about all things Holy Week. This week in Signs of the Times we explain where we got the phrase “Signs of the Times” (we didn’t make it up we promise), and […]
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Pope Francis visits prison on Holy Thursday
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates, including three women and two men serving life sentences.
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Pope washes feet of 12 prison inmates at Holy Thursday Mass
This gesture, he continued, is meant to “sow love among us” and that the faithful, even those in prison, can imitate Christ in the same manner.