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General Audience•Pope and Holy See
Pope at General Audience: ‘Jesus Renders Every Believer a Servant of Mercy’
Reflecting on the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, Reminds Faithful Jesus Wasn’t Cold, But Compassionate Toward All
GENERAL AUDIENCE: On the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
‘Jesus loves us so much and wants to be close to us.’
Dallas Bishop to Lead New Dicastery for Laity, Family, Life
Bishop Farrell tapped to take helm of newly established dicastery
Archbishop Paglia Named President of Life Academy
Also to be Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
Pope Encourages Argentina Campaign for Poor
Asks participants to make a personal effort to reach out to the excluded
Pope Francis Has Private Meeting With France’s President Hollande
3 weeks after murder of Father Jacques Hamel
General Audience•Pope and Holy See
English Summary of Pope’s General Audience
‘Through our partaking of the Eucharist, we not only receive spiritual nourishment, but, conformed ever more fully to the Lord, we become signs of his merciful presence to those around us.’
Pope Entrusts Portuguese Wildfire Victims to Mary
In Telegram for Victims of Devastating Wildfires, Francis Calls for Comfort, Courage, Recovery
Excerpt From Book of Never-Before Published Words of Mother Teresa
“A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve” released today by Image Books
Ennio Morricone and His ‘Mystical and Sacred’ Music
Composer Talks about His Career, the Emotions That Inspire His Soundtracks and Regret Over the Abandonment of Gregorian Chant
Pope Supports Youth Initiative to Stop Mediterranean From Being ‘Sea of Death’
Says presence of migrants is opportunity for growth, meeting, dialogue, witness to Gospel
Interview From Aleppo: ‘A Dark City’
“One Catholic family has three children—ages 7, 8 and 14—working in a restaurant … the owner of the restaurant told me he could not say no to these children, even though business is slow—it’s because they are helping their mother, the man said”
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Ecumenism and Interreligious dialogue
“The need for Muslim-Christian dialogue in the Magisterium of the Pontiffs: The most effective antidote”
“In order to live together it is essential to look at those who are different from us with esteem, benevolent curiosity and the desire to walk together”
Pope’s Telegram for Wildfire Victims in Portugal
‘His Holiness entrusts the Diocese of Funchal to the Holy Mother of God who, with her Assumption into Heaven, is closer to her children here on earth, to intercede for them with Jesus, as a luminous sign of the future life we hope for’
During Angelus, Pope Decries Massacre in Congo
Pontiff Prays Mary Obtains for All People Sentiments of Harmony, Compassion, and Understanding
‘Enslaved Women Deserve Peace, Justice, Love,’ Says Pope
“The Canticle of Mary also leads us to think about many actual sad situations, in particular those women overwhelmed by the weight of life and the drama of violence; of women who are slaves to the arrogance of the powerful; the girls forced into inhumane work; the women forced to surrender in both body and spirit to the avarice of men.”
ANGELUS: On the Feast of the Assumption
‘Mary’s Assumption is a great mystery that concerns each one of us; it concerns our future.’
