Vatican
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Vatican Radio’s English SW broadcast to Asia comes to an end
Mar 28, 2017
Vatican Radio’s English shortwave (SW) broadcast for Asia has come to an end, with its last transmission going out Friday evening, after nearly 60 years of service.
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Pope: Let go of 'false lights' that lead down the wrong path
Mar 27, 2017
On Sunday Pope Francis said Lent is a key time to open ourselves to the light of Christ and let go of all the “false lights” that lead us away from him, taking us instead down a path of darkness marked by our own selfishness.
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Pope in Milan: Pastors must teach how to choose in a society that has many cultures
Mar 27, 2017
Francis began his visit at the Case Bianche compound, home to three families. He met priests and consecrated people at the Cathedral where he talked about discernment. “Choose the peripheries, reawaken processes, ignite the spent and weakened hope of a society that has become insensible to the pain of others,” he said.
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Pope: In a time marked by speculation, nothing and no one is "foreign" to God
Mar 27, 2017
Francis celebrated Mass in Monza before a million people according to organisers. This followed his visit to Milan’s San Vittore Prison where he had lunch with inmates. “The Lord loves me as much as he does you,” he told them. “Jesus himself is in you and in me; we are sinful brothers".
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In Milan, Pope makes youth promise to never be a bully
Mar 26, 2017
In last meeting during his day trip to Milan, Pope Francis issued a harsh criticism of bullying in schools, asking youth to promise him and Jesus to never bully others, and telling teachers to be aware of the problem.
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On Annunciation, Pope says God still seeks hearts like Mary
Mar 26, 2017
Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation in Milan, telling mass-goers that even today God is still searching for hearts like Mary’s that are open to welcoming his invitation and providing hope, even when it’s hard.
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Don't fret about numbers, but your mission, Pope tells Milan religious
Mar 26, 2017
During his day trip to Milan Saturday, Pope Francis told the diocese’s priests and religious not to fear the challenges that come with their ministry nor the increasing number of empty convents, urging them instead to focus on the core of their mission: bringing Christ to his people.
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Pope: If you do not listen to the Word of God, you end up confusing God with the devil
Mar 24, 2017
"When a people, a community, even a Christian community, a parish, a diocese, close their ears and become deaf to the Word of the Lord, they look for other voices, other lords, and end up with the idols, idols of the world, the worldliness, that society offers them. They walk away from the living God. "
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Pope Francis prays for victims of deadly London attack
Mar 24, 2017
After four people died in an apparent terrorist attack in London yesterday, Pope Francis has voiced his sorrow and solidarity for the victims and their families, entrusting them and the nation to God’s mercy.
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Pope approves Fatima seers miracle
Mar 24, 2017
Pope Francis is likely to canonise Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto during his trip to Fatima in May
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