Vatican

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  Francis: “Peace is achieved when we stop seeking to absolve ourselves from sin”

  Mar 18, 2014

  Feeling ashamed for one’s sins and not justifying our sin by blaming others are attitudes Pope Francis said faithful should have in order to be merciful and contribute to peace in societies across the world. This was the message the Pope sent out on his Monday morning mass in St. Martha’s House.

  
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  Francis: “Carry a little Gospel book with you every day”

  Mar 18, 2014

  Will you do it? Then next Sunday you’ll tell me if you’ve done it…” the Pope said at Sunday’s Angelus, to see how seriously faithful would take his advice to them to carry a small Gospel book around with them and read a passage from it every day.

  

• Steps to sainthood for Romero-linked Jesuit and Fulton Sheen

  Mar 14, 2014

  A sainthood cause is to be opened for the man whose assassination inspired Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero to speak out against injustice as his country slid towards civil war.

  

• Pope acknowledges first communication with China

  Mar 14, 2014

  Pope Francis has said he has written to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first acknowledgment of communication nearly a year since both men took on their respective roles.

  

• Ultraman banned from using the “A” word

  Mar 14, 2014

  The Home Ministry of Malaysia has banned the use of the word Allah in a children’s comic book, continuing disputes over non-Muslims’ ability to use the word.

  

• We will be judged by our behaviour towards others

  Mar 14, 2014

  Pope Francis dedicated his daily homily to the virtue of charity, stressing that we shouldn't be “ashamed” to touch those who suffer, and cautioned against turning our faith into a mere ritual.

  

• Pope meets with leader of World Council of Churches

  Mar 14, 2014

  In a meeting at the Vatican, the head of the World Council of Churches told Pope Francis that “I believe that in our time God is opening new ways for us to unity, and for how the world can see our communion in Christ, particularly in the ways we can serve the world together.”

  

• Rome nearly booked out for popes’ canonisations

  Mar 14, 2014

  Rome’s hotels are already almost booked out for the April 27 canonisations of pope John Paul II and pope John XXII, according to the Booking.com website.

  

• Pope urges priests to be good confessors

  Mar 14, 2014

  Pope urges priests to be good confessors

  

• Malaysian receives knighthood from Pope

  Mar 14, 2014

  The Holy Father recently conferred the title "Knight of St. Sylvester" on a Malaysian for his contributions to social communication on Feb 27.