Vatican
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Pope Francis : The old still have a lot to give young people
Jun 28, 2017
On Tuesday Pope Francis said that the older generation should not stop striving in their spiritual lives, but that God calls them to be spiritual ‘grandparents’ to young people, who can learn from their experiences.
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New Knights of Malta leader genuflects before Francis in Vatican meeting
Jun 27, 2017
Pope Francis met the new leader of the Knights of Malta Friday in a toned-down encounter in which the head of the historic chivalric order seemed to e
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Vatican expresses ‘grave concern’ over missing Chinese Bishop
Jun 27, 2017
Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was taken 'on a trip' by officials and prevented from assuming diocesan duties
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Pope: Christians need not read horoscopes to foresee the future
Jun 27, 2017
The Pope was speaking during the last Santa Marta Mass of the season before the summer holidays and his return from an apostolic visit to Colombia in September.
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Holy See has expressed “grave concern” over the fate of Mgr Shao Zhumin, held by police for more than a month
Jun 27, 2017
"The Holy See is observing with grave concern the personal situation of Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, forcibly removed from his episcopal see some time ago,” said Greg Burke, director of the Holy See Press Office in a press release today, a month after police seized the prelate.
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Programme of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Colombia in September
Jun 26, 2017
The Vatican has released the details of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Colombia, due to take place from 6 to 11 of September 2017.
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Pope: Christians persecuted 'even in our day', Prayers for landslide in China
Jun 26, 2017
At the Angelus, Pope Francis asks for prayers for "brothers and sisters" who "continue to testify to their faith with courage and fidelity." "The Lord ... sends us as sentinels among people who do not want to be awakened from worldly torpor." "Success does not count, but loyalty to Christ." God "does not abandon his sons at the time of the storm".
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Pope: Christ doesn’t promise freedom from difficulties
Jun 26, 2017
In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis reminded the faithful that following Christ does not mean our lives will be free from all earthly troubles.
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The Christian vocation is to go forward always, better to limp than to stand still
Jun 25, 2017
Pope Francis spoke about the mission today in his address to the participants at the 75th Convention of Serra International centred on the theme of Siempre adelante, the courage of vocation’, now underway in Rome from 22 to 25 June.
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Pope: Jesus "made himself small" and to hear the voice of God we must make ourselves small
Jun 24, 2017
We did not "choose Him," rather it was God who became "our prisoner". Moses says that the Lord has chosen the people of Israel because they were "the smallest of all peoples."
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan