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Pope warns against a Church that is a "group of ecclesiastical disciples" that wants to keep the Lord away "from the peripheries"

Nov 18, 2014

Those who have had the grace to be called by God must avoid the temptation of becoming closed within a "group of privileged ecclesiastical disciples" who forget "the Lord who is hungry, thirsty, who is in prison, who is in hospital".
It's official! Pope Francis announces 2015 visit to US

Nov 18, 2014

Updated November 17, 2014 at 6:25a.m. MST. Adds comments from Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi SJ at paragraphs 9-10.
Pope Francis: Children have right to a mother and father

Nov 18, 2014

Children have the right to be raised by a mother and a father, Pope Francis said, emphasizing that “the family is the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation.”
Pope's visit to Philly will be 'icing on the cake' for family meeting

Nov 18, 2014

After Pope Francis officially confirmed that he will visit Philadelphia next fall for the World Meeting of Families, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said the trip will be a blessing for the event and the world.
Pope: Nurture your God given talents, don’t disappoint Him!

Nov 17, 2014

What do we do with our talents? Do we nurture them or keep them locked up? This was the question Pope Francis asked faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Sunday Angelus.
Pope: Dialogue with immigrants overcomes tensions

Nov 17, 2014

Pope Francis made an appeal for peace and dialogue with members of immigrant communities in his remarks after the weekly recitation of the Angelus in Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday.
Pope Francis blasts abortion, euthanasia as 'sins against God'

Nov 17, 2014

Pope Francis has told a group of Catholic doctors that “playing with life” in ways like abortion and euthanasia is sinful, and he stressed that each human life, no matter the condition, is sacred.
Example – not words – transmits faith to youth, Pope Francis says

Nov 17, 2014

Addressing the children who filled the chapel at the Santa Marta residence on Nov. 14, Pope Francis said that – in an age dominated by images and cellphones – the faithful must rely on example, rather than words, to transmit the faith to young ones.
Pope to open interreligious conference on traditional m

Nov 14, 2014

A month after closing a Synod of Bishops on the family, stirred by controversy over divorce, same-sex unions and other non-marital relationships, Pope Francis will open an interreligious conference dedicated to traditional marriage.
True charity gives people God, not bread alone, cardinal says

Nov 14, 2014

Cardinal Robert Sarah has stressed the link between charity and preaching the Gospel, saying that while the practical needs of the poor are important, Christians can give something more essential: Jesus Christ.