Vatican
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Pope to African children: Be ambassadors of peace
May 29, 2023
Pope Francis meets some 1,500 African children accompanied by their parents and respective ambassadors on the occasion of the annual Africa Day and encourages them to continue pursuing their dreams for peace and a better future in in their countries.
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Pope to Polish children with cancer: God loves you and is by your side
May 29, 2023
Pope Francis receives in audience a group of Polish children with cancer and reminds them that Jesus and Mary are always by their side.
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Good Samaritan offers inspiration for those who "inhabit" social media
May 29, 2023
"Towards Full Presence" is the title of a document released by the Dicastery for Communication that offers a pastoral reflection on people's engagement in the digital world. The publication aims to generate a dialogue on how to make this ecosystem more human. #FullyPresent
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Pope to Barnabites: Run like mad toward God and toward others
May 29, 2023
Taking a phrase from their founder, St Anthony Maria Zeccariah, Pope Francis encourages members of the Barnabite religious family to “run” like madmen “towards God and towards others.”
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Pope on Pentecost: Let us invoke the Spirit daily upon our whole world
May 29, 2023
In his homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Francis calls on us to invoke daily the Spirit who gives "harmony to the world" and "directs the course of time and renews the face of the earth."
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Pope at Regina Coeli: The Spirit frees us from fears and opens doors
May 29, 2023
On the Solemnity of Pentecost Pope Francis invites Christians to cast out fears and revive the flame of God’s love.
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Pope appeals for solidarity for communities affected by Cyclone Mocha
May 29, 2023
Pope Francis launches an appeal to authorities to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to peoples struck by a powerful cyclone in the Bay of Bengal that has wreaked death and destruction in areas between Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Pope to poets and artists: You often say what others cannot
May 29, 2023
Pope Francis addresses participants at a Conference entitled “The Global Esthetics of the Catholic Imagination", attended by artists and writers from across the globe, whom he urges to continue expressing, through their work, what others often cannot.
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Holy Spirit corrects and defends us
May 26, 2023
The Holy Spirit consoles, defends and tenderly corrects those who turn to and listen to Him, Pope Francis said.
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Pope to Nuns: 'Be loving mothers with rolled-up sleeves'
May 25, 2023
Pope Francis encourages the Little Missionary Sisters (also known as Don Orione Sisters) to be loving mothers and to serve others tenderly.



Sunday Reflection
Let us be guided by the Holy Spirit
One of the enduring images associated with Pentecost is that of Mary and the disciples of Jesus, gathered in the upper room, with tongues of flames lingering above their heads, while the Holy Spirit descends upon them like a dove.
