Papal Cyprus and Greece visit
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Francis’ trip to Fatima to be taken as pilgrimage for peace
May 19, 2017
Pope Francis took a different kind of papal pilgrimage. Unlike the many other visits of his pontificate, he did not focus on interreligious dialogue o
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In Fatima, Francis asks for humanity to 'tear down all walls'
May 15, 2017
Offering a prayer at the spot where three shepherd children reported seeing Mary in a field 100 years ago, Pope Francis asked Friday that humanity might have the courage to choose a culture of encounter over a culture of conflict and would "tear down all walls."
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Pope at Fatima: Saints the two shepherds Mary
May 15, 2017
Nearly a million people witness the canonization of the two children, the youngest in Church history to climb to the glory of the altars without being martyrs.
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Pope Francis: Fatima reminds us to care for the faith of children
May 14, 2017
On Sunday Pope Francis reflected on the May 13 canonization of the child visionaries St. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, saying that their faithfulness, despite their young age, reminds us to pay special attention to children in the ministry of the Church.
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Francisco and Jacinta have officially been declared saints!
May 14, 2017
Pope Francis on Saturday officially declared Francisco and Jacinta Marto saints of the Catholic Church in front of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims a
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Full text of May 13 in-flight interview with Pope Francis
May 14, 2017
An unofficial transcript of the in-flight press conference on the papal plane returning from Fatima to Rome on May 13, 2017.
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Like the Fatima children, offer your lives to God, Pope urges
May 14, 2017
On Saturday, Pope Francis told those gathered at Fatima, in particular the sick and suffering, to follow the example of the newly canonized saints Francisco and Jacinta, offering their lives – both the joy and suffering – as a gift for God.
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Pope Francis: I am suspicious of ongoing Medjugorje apparitions
May 14, 2017
Asked by journalists about the alleged appearance of the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje, Pope Francis said the original apparitions more than three decades ago deserve further study, but voiced doubt in the supposed ongoing visions.
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At Fatima, Pope implores the Virgin for concord among peoples
May 13, 2017
Francis was welcomed to the Marian shrine by tens of thousands of people. A prayer that also announces the gospel proclamation, tearing down all walls
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Let's be guided by Mary's Immaculate Heart, Pope says in Fatima
May 13, 2017
During his first day in Fatima, Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayer, asking that the Immaculate Heart of Mary would watch over the joys and sorrows of all mankind as they make their earthly pilgrimage.
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.