Vatican
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Be open to the light of Christ, encourages Pope
Mar 31, 2014
During his Sunday Angelus message, Pope Francis urged the faithful to open themselves to the light of Christ and not be hindered by pride or interior blindness.
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Program offers African students ‘second home’ in Rome
Mar 31, 2014
African students studying in Rome are finding a home away from home in an outreach program dedicated to accompanying them spiritually, culturally, and socially.
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Witness to Christ, Pope urges blind and deaf
Mar 31, 2014
Pope Francis held an audience with the blind and deaf on Saturday, encouraging them to become witnesses of Christ and to build a culture of encounter rather than exclusion.
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Schedule set for Pope's visit to Holy Land in May
Mar 28, 2014
The Vatican has announced the full schedule for a May visit by Pope Francis to the Holy Land.
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Obama meets with Pope at time of 'tense' relations with Church
Mar 28, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama’s March 27 meeting with Pope Francis comes at a time of tension between his administration and the Church over religious liberty, several Catholic leaders have said.
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Pope urges lawmakers to embrace faith over 'theology of duty'
Mar 28, 2014
Saying Mass for some 500 Italian parliamentarians Thursday, Pope Francis warned them of the corruption of the heart, imploring them not to slip from the theology of faith to a theology of duty.
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Obama, Pope Francis meet for first time
Mar 27, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama and Pope Francis met for the first time Thursday at Vatican City.
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Vatican, Rome gear up for canonizations of John XXIII, John Paul II
Mar 27, 2014
Just over five weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome hotels are reporting they are almost fully booked and the Vatican has confirmed the Mass will take place in St Peter’s Square, despite knowing that hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony on large video screens.
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Pope to Mafia: Blood money will lead you to hell
Mar 27, 2014
Pope Francis, in an annual ceremony held to remember the hundreds of innocent people murdered by the Italian Mafia, made a solemn plea for mobsters to change or else ‘end up in hell,’ reports Reuters in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Interfaith leaders launch effort against human trafficking
Mar 27, 2014
Catholic, Anglican, and Muslim leaders have launched an anti-human trafficking network that hopes to eradicate the crime by 2020 through the mobilization of religious communities.
Sunday Reflection
From mere productivity to wholehearted fruitfulness
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