Vatican

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  Pope recalls slaughter of Armenians in 'first genocide of the 20th century'

  Apr 13, 2015

  Pope Francis today referred to the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 as a “genocide,” prompting the Turkish government to summon the Vatican’s ambassador for questioning.

  
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  Pope: Mercy inseparable from life, mission of the Church

  Apr 13, 2015

  Pope Francis officially proclaimed the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy by reminding the faithful that mercy cannot be separated from the life and ministry of the Church.

  
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  Pope's address to Armenian catholic synod on 100th anniversary of Massacre

  Apr 10, 2015

  Here is a translation of the address the Pope gave Thursday when he received in audience the Patriarchal Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church.

  
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  The Vatican considers – what does vocational formation look like in the modern age?

  Apr 10, 2015

  Kansas became on Tuesday the first state to ban abortions by a procedure known as “dilation and evacuation,” which is common during second-trimester abortions and is called “dismemberment abortion” in the law.

  
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  How difficult it is to learn how to rest

  Apr 09, 2015

  A key to fruitful priestly ministry lies in how we rest and in how we look at the way the Lord deals with our weariness. How difficult it is to learn how to rest! This says much about our trust and our ability to realize that that we too are sheep. A few questions can help us in this regard.

  
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  Priests must learn to be “very tired” from being with their flock

  Apr 09, 2015

  Priests must learn to be "very tired", for having struggled in announcing the Good News, for sharing in the joys and sorrows of their flock, for defending themselves and the people God from the evil and for not bowing to "spiritual worldliness".

  
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  Good Friday shrouded in grief over Christian persecution

  Apr 09, 2015

  Both Pope Francis' Good Friday service at the Vatican and the Stations of the Cross held at the Colosseum later in the day zeroed-in on the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.

  
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  Pope Francis to inmates: ‘I too need to be washed by the Lord’

  Apr 09, 2015

  Pope Francis on Holy Thursday told inmates of a Rome prison that God’s love is personal and endless, emphasizing that he too needs forgiveness and purification.

  
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  Pope says a ‘good Easter’ requires making Jesus’ passion one’s own

  Apr 09, 2015

  For a "good Easter," Christians must do more than simply recall the passion of Jesus during Holy Week; they must "enter into the mystery" of the Easter Triduum and make Jesus' feelings and attitudes their own, Pope Francis said.

  

• Papal bull issued on eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, proclaiming Holy Year

  Apr 09, 2015

  Pope Francis will issue a “Bull of Indiction” on April 11 as a formal proclamation of the Jubilee of Mercy, the Vatican has announced.