Vatican

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  The Pope's advice on how to overcome jealousy and pride

  Oct 24, 2014

  In his weekly address for the Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis offered advice on fighting those tendencies which “dismember” the Body of Christ, such as jealousy and feelings of superiority.

  
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  Pope: "The Christian is a man or a woman who knows how to wait for Jesus and this is a man or woman of hope"

  Oct 22, 2014

  "The Christian is a man or a woman who knows how to wait for Jesus and this is a man or woman of hope" said Pope Francis during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta.

  
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  Vatican releases details for Pope Francis' visit to Turkey

  Oct 22, 2014

  In response to an invitation sent by Patriarch Bartolomeo I of Constantinople, Pope Francis will make a three-day trip to Turkey, during which he will visit the cities of Ankara and Istanbul.

  
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  Pope Francis: Christ restores peace by breaking walls of division

  Oct 22, 2014

  Christ wants to see us reconciled rather than living as enemies, Pope Francis said in his homily at Mass on Tuesday, explaining that a true Christian lives with this hope.

  
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  Christians and Hindus to nurture a "culture of inclusion" against the "globalisation of indifference"

  Oct 21, 2014

  In its message for the Hindu festival of Diwali, which this year falls on 23 October, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue noted that whilst globalisation has opened up new avenues for development in the world.

  
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  Pope: We cannot resign ourselves to thinking of a Middle East without Christians

  Oct 21, 2014

  There is a terrorism of "previously unimaginable dimensions" in the Middle East and many Christians are being persecuted "in the general indifference of many.

  
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  A Middle East without Christians - cardinals consider sad prospect

  Oct 21, 2014

  Monday's consistory of cardinals focused on the plight of Christians in the Middle East, especially in light of the rise of the Islamic State, and it also decided on two causes for canonization.

  
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  Blessed Paul VI, the Pope who led the Church's barque in troubled waters

  Oct 20, 2014

  Bl. Paul VI was the first 'modern man' to be elected Bishop of Rome, and he put the Church in conversation with the world in order to build a dialogue of salvation, a cardinal who was one of Montini's collaborators said.

  

• Synod a confidence boost for married couples

  Oct 17, 2014

  The Synod on the Family is an opportunity to assure married couples they can succeed at marriage despite the many challenges facing them, according to Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville.

  

• papal interview, a surprise!

  Oct 17, 2014

  In an interview released on the opening of the Synod on the Family, Pope Francis distanced himself from “very conservative” bishops, adding however that he enjoys “debating” with them as long as they are “intellectually well-formed.”