Vatican
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President Obama, Pope Francis to Meet for First Time
Mar 27, 2014
The world’s most powerful political leader and the world’s most powerful religious leader will meet for the first time Today,when President Barack Obama visits Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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Pope: without prayer, Mass, and confession, a priest becomes a ‘mediocrity’
Mar 27, 2014
Pope Francis devoted his March 26 general audience to the Sacrament of Holy Orders. While all in the Church are called to share in the three sacraments of Christian initiation, there are two sacraments-- holy orders and marriage-- that “correspond to two specific vocations.”
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Holy Orders fosters a passionate love of the Church, Pope notes
Mar 27, 2014
In his weekly general audience Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the Sacraments, devoting today’s discourse to those who receive Holy Orders, referring to it as a vocation of “service.”
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Pope Francis gaining interest of American publishing houses
Mar 26, 2014
Pope Francis’ words are grabbing the attention of American publishing houses as well of the U.S. bishops’ conference communications office, according to the Vatican Publishing House.
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Pope lauds Mary’s meekness on feast of the Annunciation
Mar 26, 2014
During his Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis emphasized that salvation is a gift from the Lord which we ought to receive with humility and obedience, just as Mary did.
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Pope Francis institutes Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Mar 25, 2014
Pope Francis has instituted the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. The body’s creation was announced in December following a meeting of the Council of Cardinals, the eight-member group that advises and assists in the Pope in the governance of the universal Church.
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When Pope Francis meets Obama, expect collaboration over conflict
Mar 24, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama is to meet Pope Francis for the first time March 27 as Obama wraps up a European tour, a high-profile encounter between two major world leaders that appears to carry especially high stakes from the U.S. perspective.
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Upcoming day of reconciliation announced by Pope
Mar 24, 2014
During his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis announced that March 29-30 would be “24 hours for the Lord,” during which people can find special opportunities for prayer and the sacrament of confession.
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Pope Francis: God’s Word lives through humility, prayer
Mar 24, 2014
Pope Francis warned against trying to co-opt the Word of God for one’s own purposes as did the Pharisees, urging prayer and humility instead, in his homily for Friday’s Mass.
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Pope prays for the 239 people aboard MH370
Mar 21, 2014
Pope Francis on Sunday March 16, asked people to pray for the passengers and crew of the Malaysian Airlines plane that left Kuala Lumpur airport for Beijing on 8 March but disappeared, and for their families.
Sunday Reflection
The power of love
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Joseph Lubula