Vatican
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Pope to PAS: science provides the ‘charity of knowledge’
Nov 13, 2018
Pope Francis meets in audience with members of the Pontifical Academy of Science gathering in Rome on Monday for the Plenary Assembly, thanking them for their contribution to contemporary world problems.
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Pope: 100 years from the 'senseless slaughter'. We must invest in peace, not in war
Nov 12, 2018
At the Angelus, Pope Francis remembers the end of the Great War, and asks everyone to "reject the culture of war". The gesture of St. Martin, of sharing with the poor, "shows everyone the way to build peace". The "poor and generous widow as a model of Christian life to be imitated".
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Pope prays for peace in Middle East with head of Assyrian Church
Nov 12, 2018
During an audience with Mar Gewargis III, Pope Francis prays for an end to the suffering of Christians in the Middle East, and celebrates the fruits of ecumenical dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East.
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Pope to German journalists: 'Thanks for focusing on people'
Nov 12, 2018
Pope Francis welcomes journalism students and faculty from the German Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists celebrating it’s 50th anniversary.
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Pope Francis: ‘Singing elevates soul to listen to the Spirit’
Nov 12, 2018
Pope Francis encourages the “Alumni of Heaven” Choir Association to continue proclaiming the Gospel through song and to cultivate a rich spiritual life through the Sacraments.
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Pope: communion, service and mercy foster “Eucharistic culture”
Nov 12, 2018
Pope Francis on November 10 met participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.
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Pope at Angelus: ‘Let’s think of the widow’
Nov 12, 2018
Like Jesus, Pope Francis asks us to imitate the poor widow who gives everything, saying that she is the “model of the Christian life”.
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Pope draws attention to three important dates
Nov 12, 2018
Pope Francis draws attention to the beatification of 16 people in Spain, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, and the World Day of the Poor.
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Pope: The Eucharist influences the baptized, but also the earthly city
Nov 12, 2018
In the audience to the members of the Pontifical Council for International Eucharistic Congresses, Pope Francis urges the next Eucharistic Congress in Budapest (in 2020) to be a witness in modern and secularized society, where faith has become marginal.
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Pope: The church is not a marketplace with a 'price list' for the sacraments
Nov 10, 2018
"It is true that the celebrations must be beautiful - beautiful - but not worldly, because worldliness depends on the god of money. It is an idolatry like others. This makes us think about our attitude to the house of God, our respect for churches when we enter ".
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.