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Cardinal Tagle presents 'gift' to World Youth Day pilgrims

Jul 29, 2016

Filipino prelate says mobile app help guide young people in conscience formation and Gospel-based action.
Pope: "God saves us in littleness, being close hand, with a simple and open heart "

Jul 29, 2016

Francis celebrates 1050th anniversary Baptism" of Poland" at Jasna Gora. Being attracted by power, greatness and visibility is tragically human, and it is a great temptation that tries to penetrate anywhere; giving to others, eliminating distances, abiding in the smallness and concrete situations of everyday life, this is purely divine".
Pope tells young people to say no to those who “say that things cannot change” and to “vendors of smoke”

Jul 29, 2016

Francis takes part in WYD welcoming ceremony. The Church “wants to learn from you, to be reassured that the Father’s Mercy has an ever-youthful face.”
Vatican spokesman: Pope Francis "clearly enjoying" World Youth Day

Jul 29, 2016

Greg Burke, said “it is really clear [Pope Francis] is enjoying” his visit to Krakow, Poland.
Pope Francis makes silent visit to Auschwitz

Jul 29, 2016

Pontiff sits on a bench in prayer during trip to Nazi death camp
Pope Francis: Three words every couple should know

Jul 29, 2016

Married couples were the focus of Pope Francis’ second “balcony talk” in Poland on Thursday, receiving from him three words he has often said are key to a successful marriage.
Pope to youth: Don't waste your life seeking 'empty thrills'

Jul 29, 2016

For young people who have given up on life, or who waste their existence seeking out “empty thrills,” Pope Francis proposes an alternative: Look to Ch
The humble speak for God, Pope says at Czestochowa

Jul 29, 2016

Those who embrace their own littleness become the “spokespersons” of God, Pope Francis said during Mass at the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, celebrating the 1050 anniversary of Poland becoming a Christian nation.
French pilgrims pedal their way to World Youth Day

Jul 29, 2016

Pilgrims from across the globe travel to World Youth Day by plane, train and automobile. But not Victor Jacquemont, Antoine Lescuyer, and Humbert Canot.
Syrian brothers reunite at WYD, and ask the world to pray

Jul 29, 2016

Among the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at World Youth Day are two brothers, recently reunited.