Vatican
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God is greater than our sins, Pope Francis tells faithful
Mar 31, 2016
Christians have “the certainty that he will never abandon us,” the Pope said at his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square.
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'She's in heaven' – Pope Francis on Mother Angelica
Mar 31, 2016
Pope Francis on Wednesday offered a special blessing for Mother Angelica following her death on Easter Sunday, expressing his confidence that she is already in heaven.
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Benedict XVI responds to Mother Angelica's death
Mar 29, 2016
Benedict XVI had a special response to Mother Angelica’s death falling on Easter Sunday: “it’s a gift.”
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Pope condemns 'cowardly' attack on Pakistani Christians
Mar 29, 2016
Pope Francis on Monday mourned the loss of life in Pakistan, where more than 70 people – mostly women and children – were killed Sunday after a suicide attack on Christians who were celebrating Easter at a public park.
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Pope urges faithful to ‘blaze trails of reconciliation’ at Easter
Mar 28, 2016
Easter is a feast of hope, a celebration of God’s mercy and a call to pray for and assist all who suffer, Pope Francis has said before giving his sole
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Let yourselves be moved by hope, Pope says at Easter Vigil
Mar 27, 2016
During the Easter Vigil, Pope Francis told attendees not to be overcome by sadness in the face of life’s difficulties, but to be open to hope, which i
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Pope's Way of the Cross remembers migrants, persecuted Christians
Mar 26, 2016
Following the yearly Good Friday tradition set by his predecessors, Pope Francis presided over the Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum, where such issues as migration and the persecution of Christians were remembered.
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Mercy will save the world: Papal preacher's Good Friday meditation
Mar 26, 2016
Remembering this week's deadly terror attack in Brussels, the papal preacher centered his Good Friday reflection on mercy's role in saving the world.
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An emotional Mass for migrants with Pope Francis
Mar 26, 2016
During a Mass in Rome on Holy Thursday Pope Francis washed the feet of migrants and refugees, many of whom were moved to tears by the gesture.
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Pope Francis celebrates Missa in coena Domini
Mar 25, 2016
Pope Francis celebrated the Missa in coena Domini – the Mass of the Lord’s Supper – on Thursday, leading the Church of Rome into the sacred Paschal Triduum that culminates in the great Easter Vigil in the night between Holy Saturday and Resurrection Sunday.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.