Vatican
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Pope Angelus: Jesus, spouse of God’s people
Jan 21, 2019
Before the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis focuses on Sunday’s Gospel reading, the Wedding at Cana.
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Pope Angelus: Prayers for Columbia and Mediterranean victims
Jan 21, 2019
During his Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis prays for victims of a terrorist attack in Columbia, and expresses his sorrow over those feared dead in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean He also asks for prayers for his visit to Panama.
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Pope at ecumenical Vespers: Recall God’s summons to justice
Jan 21, 2019
Reflecting on the theme of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis called on all Christians to recognize that the gifts we have received from God are meant to be shared with all.
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the heart of ecumenism
Jan 21, 2019
Pope Francis and other Christian leaders on Friday inaugurate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with the celebration of evening Vespers in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
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Papa: May solidarity and shared responsibility govern the Christian family
Jan 20, 2019
During the celebration marking the start of the 52nd Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Francis said “It is a grave sin to belittle or despise the gifts that the Lord has given our brothers and sisters, and to think that God somehow holds them in less esteem.
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Pope: Beware of slipping towards a perverse heart
Jan 18, 2019
May the Holy Spirit, therefore, enlighten us so that no one may have a perverse heart: a hard heart, which will lead you to faintheartedness; a stubborn heart that will lead you to rebellion, that will lead you to ideology; a heart that is seduced, a slave to seduction, that will make you Christians of compromise.
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Vatican releases details on Protection of Minors Meeting
Jan 18, 2019
The Holy See Press Office issues further details of the February meeting and the Director ad interim communicates its aims and expectations.
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Pope urges Italian police at the Vatican to charity, brotherhood, mercy
Jan 18, 2019
Pope Francis on January 17 met the Inspectorate of Public Security at the Vatican to exchange New Year’s greetings.
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Word of God is not ideology, it is life that makes us grow
Jan 18, 2019
What does it mean for a Christian to have a “perverse heart,” a heart that can lead to faintheartedness, ideology, and compromise? That was the theme
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Thorbjørn Jagland meets Pope: Let us join forces against abuse
Jan 18, 2019
The meeting offered an occasion for an exchange of views on various important themes, including the protection of minors and the defence of human rights. Speaking with Vatican News, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe said the Pope's voice is "incredibly important today."
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
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