Papal Cyprus and Greece visit
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Pope Francis is going to Colombia this week: Here's what you need to know
Sep 06, 2017
On the eve his five-day visit to Colombia, which starts on Sept. 6, Pope Francis addressed this nation of 48 million people in a video message. He emphasized the need for peace and reconciliation in this politically polarized, majority-Catholic country, where the majority live in poverty. Colombia has been torn by armed conflict since 1964, and drug-trafficking related to cocaine production is a major problem.
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Pope Francis, headed to Colombia, will promote peace accord government signed with FARC rebels
Sep 06, 2017
Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in Colombia on Wednesday to urge reconciliation in a country deeply divided over the terms of a peace deal that the pontiff helped bring to fruition.
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Pope Francis sends video message ahead of Colombia visit
Sep 06, 2017
Pope Francis on Monday sent a video message to the people of Colombia ahead of his Apostolic Journey to the country on 6-11 September, inviting them to “take the first step” towards peace.
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Pope's Colombia trip about faith, not politics, Vatican official says
Sep 05, 2017
Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the South American country of Colombia Sept. 6-11 isn't a political statement a Vatican official said, but about the renewal of the Catholic faith of Colombians in order that violence may be combatted at its root.
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Colombia to sign ceasefire with last guerrilla group ahead of Pope Francis visit
Sep 05, 2017
The ceasefire comes just days before Pope Francis arrives
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Pope visits Colombia to boost peace process after 50 years of war
Sep 05, 2017
Pope Francis travels to Colombia this week to encourage a fledgling peace process that ended half a century of war between a succession of governments and the guerrilla group FARC but has left the country deeply divided.
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Ahead of Colombia visit, Pope says world needs builders of peace, dialogue
Sep 05, 2017
Two days ahead of his symbolic visit to Colombia, Pope Francis sent a video message to the nation, telling citizens he comes as a pilgrim of hope, and urging them to continue working toward peace and dialogue in the nation.
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Pope: Journey to Colombia in the sign of reconciliation
Sep 04, 2017
From September 6 to 11 Pope Francis travels to a country emerging from 50 years of civil war. Cardinal Parolin: Reconciliation "is more than just signing a document”. Certainly, it is necessary, even indispensable step, but obviously not enough: there is a journey to make, which begins with the signing of these agreements. "
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In new book, Pope Francis says he consulted a psychoanalyst, speaks about the women in his life
Sep 01, 2017
In a new book, Pope Francis reveals that he consulted a Jewish psychoanalyst once a week for six months when he was 42 years old and that it “helped me a lot at a moment in my life…when I needed to clarify things.” He disclosed this very personal detail of his life for the first time in a book-length interview with a French intellectual, Dominique Wolton, that will be published on Sept. 6, the day the pope travels to Colombia.
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Papal trip to Colombia will be balancing justice and mercy
Aug 28, 2017
When Pope Francis lands in Colombia in September, he will encounter a population that is still torn over a peace deal ending a bloody 50-year war between the government and rebel guerilla forces.
Sunday Reflection
Called to be shepherds not hired help
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD