Spirituality

Pope's Address to 'Luther: 500 Years Later' Conference

‘All of us are well aware that the past cannot be changed. Yet today, after fifty years of ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Protestants, it is possible to engage in a purification of memory’

Mar 31, 2017 13:35

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Meetings

Peter’s Pence Is Now on Social Network Sites Twitter and Instagram

An initiative of the Holy See and the result of close collaboration between the Secretariat of State, the Secretariat for Communication and the Governorate of Vatican City

Mar 30, 2017 14:07

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Meetings

Pope's Letter for World Meeting of Families in Dublin 2018

«The Gospel of the Family: joy for the world”

Mar 30, 2017 12:08

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Spirituality

Pope's Words to Interreligious Iraqi Group

‘We are all children of God. And we, as His Eminence [Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran] said, have a common Father on earth: Abraham, and we come from that first “going out” of Abraham up to today, all together. We are brothers and, as brothers, all different and all the same, as the fingers of a hand: there are five fingers, all fingers, but all different’

Mar 29, 2017 15:51

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General Audience•Meetings

GENERAL AUDIENCE: On Hoping Against Hope

‘When God promises, He brings to fulfilment what He promises. He never fails in His Word’

Mar 29, 2017 15:23

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Persecuted Christians

Iraq: ISIS Gravely Damaged 12,000-plus Christian Homes on Nineveh Plain

According to a study, costs for repairing and rebuilding homes will exceed $200M

Mar 29, 2017 10:47

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Meetings•Santa Marta

Pope's Morning Homily: 'To Have Faith Is to Live Our Lives With Joy'

At Casa Santa Marta, Francis Says ‘Even today the Lord looks to each of us sinners – we are all sinners – and says ‘Rise'»

Mar 28, 2017 19:15

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Meetings

Pope Encourages Bishops of Canada to Foster Interreligious Dialogue

Canadian Prelates Are in Rome on Their ad Limina Visit

Mar 28, 2017 13:14

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Spirituality

Cardinal Parolin's Letter to 10th Forum for Future of Agriculture

‘The distance between the enormity of the problems and the positive results obtained to date must never be a reason for discouragement or diffidence, but rather an incentive to greater responsibility’

Mar 28, 2017 12:52

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Meetings

“Whoever Doesn’t Believe in Hell Should Come See It in Syria,” says Cardinal Zenari

The Apostolic Nuncio in Damascus Took Possession of the Roman Parish of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci

Mar 28, 2017 12:35

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Spirituality

Pope's Letter to UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination

‘From this perspective, we need to go beyond nuclear deterrence: the international community is called upon to adopt forward-looking strategies to promote the goal of peace and stability and to avoid short-sighted approaches to the problems surrounding national and international security’

Mar 28, 2017 12:31

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Angelus

ANGELUS ADDRESS: On Walking in the True Light

‘The sacrament of Baptism, in fact, demands a choice, firm and decided, to live as children of light, and to walk in the light’

Mar 26, 2017 13:57

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