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

  Oct 30, 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.

  

• Abolish death penalty and life imprisonment

  Oct 30, 2014

  Pope Francis called for the abolition of the death penalty as well as life imprisonment, and denounced what he called a “penal populism” that promises to solve society’s problems by punishing crime, instead of pursuing social justice.

  
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  Pope calls for "every effort to eradicate" "relentless disease", Ebola

  Oct 30, 2014

  Pope Francis has appealed for every "effort to eradicate" Ebola, "the relentless disease that is spreading especially on the African continent, especially among disadvantaged groups".

  
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  Pope: Fighting for the poor doesn't make me Communist – it makes me Catholic

  Oct 30, 2014

  Pope Francis spoke out against oppression of the poor due to greed and warned again of the growing presence of a “globalization of indifference” – a warning, he said, which has wrongly type-casted him.

  
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  The Church's mystery: it's both visible and spiritual, Pope says

  Oct 30, 2014

  In his weekly general audience Pope Francis spoke of the visible actions carried out by the Church, explaining that they are an expression of her deeper spiritual reality rooted in the two natures of Christ.

  
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  Are an atheist journalist's papal interviews reliable?

  Oct 30, 2014

  Following the publication of a new text by Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari in 'La Repubblica' suggesting that Pope Francis believes in relativism, the Holy See spokesman has questioned whether Scalfari is advancing his own views.

  
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  Pope: "No family without a home. No farmer without land. No worker with rights"

  Oct 29, 2014

  " No family without a home. No farmer without land. No worker with rights! No person without the dignity that works gives us".

  
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  Pope : Are you Catholic? Then stay in the Church

  Oct 29, 2014

  Pope Francis said that those waiting at the threshold of the Church without going inside are not true members of the Church which Jesus established and on whom it is built.

  
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  You are hurting the Church if you're lukewarm, Pope Francis warns

  Oct 29, 2014

  In his homily for Mass celebrated at the Santa Marta residence Monday Pope Francis warned against the harm of “lukewarm” Christianity, calling on faithful instead to be “children of light.”

  
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  Asia Bibi to Pope Francis: Pray for me, your daughter

  Oct 29, 2014

  A Catholic woman condemned to death in Pakistan for allegedly violating the country's blasphemy law has asked Pope Francis for his prayers, saying that she trusts in God’s plan for her life.