Vatican
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Pope at Angelus: ‘Jesus teaches us to be meek, simple, respectful'
Jan 13, 2020
Pope Francis explains that Jesus shows us how to fulfill the Father’s plan with filial obedience, meekness, simplicity and respect as we go about our mission to witness and proclaim the Father’s boundless love for all of His children.
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Pope to Ethiopian College: “Welcome” at heart of Ethiopian presence in Rome
Jan 13, 2020
Pope Francis receives the community of the Pontifical Ethiopian College on the centenary of its establishment by Pope Benedict XV.
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Pope: Mission means proposing, witnessing and sharing the faith
Jan 13, 2020
Jesus teaches us "the attitude of simplicity, respect, moderation and concealment, required even today of the Lord's disciples".
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Pope at Mass: Many fires of war today - true peace is sown in the heart
Jan 10, 2020
Celebrating Mass on Thursday, Pope Francis points the way to peace saying, one must “remain in the Lord” by loving in “little things”. Peace in the world, he says, begins with peace in the heart.
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Realism and hope
Jan 10, 2020
The key words of Pope Francis' speech to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See.
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Pope on Iran-USA crisis: Dialogue and respect for international law
Jan 10, 2020
In his annual address to members of the diplomatic corps at the beginning of the new year, Pope Francis says the heightening of tensions between Iran and the United States “risks… compromising the gradual process of rebuilding in Iraq, as well as setting the groundwork for a vaster conflict”.
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Probe underway into deadly plane crash in Iran
Jan 10, 2020
Iranian investigators say the crew of a Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed shortly after take-off on Wednesday had tried to turn back.
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God acts in the midst of our trials and failures
Jan 09, 2020
Love for God is always fruitful, Pope Francis said Wednesday, stressing that Christ can bring good out of any circumstance -- even an apparent failure.
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Pope’s early 2020 likely to be dominated by documents rather than deeds
Jan 09, 2020
Normally when one looks ahead at a pope’s new year, it’s either things the pope is expected to do over the coming 12 months that loom largest - foreign trips, for instance, and bishops’ appointments - or things he’s likely to say, such as milestone speeches or sensational media interviews.
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Life's trials train Christians to be sensitive to others, pope says
Jan 09, 2020
Christians survive trials and tribulations with the help of their faith in Christ and pay it forward by being compassionate toward others who suffer, Pope Francis said.
Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Lamb of God
“Lamb of God.” We use that term so often that it is easy for us to overlook the deep theology and the unfathomable love of our God contained in His sending His Son to be the Lamb.
