Papal Baltics Visit News
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Pope urges Latvian Christians to pursue unity and keep the faith alive
Sep 25, 2018
Pope Francis on Monday warned Latvians to keep the Christian faith alive and to continue to nurture the bonds of Christian unity resisting the danger of turning the faith into “a museum piece”.
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Pope at Mass in Latvia: Mary shows how be close to and care for others
Sep 25, 2018
On day 3 of his 4-day apostolic visit to the Baltic nations, Pope Francis Monday evening concluded his day-long visit to Latvia, celebrating Mass at the sanctuary of the Mother of God in Aglona.
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May Lithuania become model of fight for human rights, Pope prays at former KGB headquarters
Sep 25, 2018
Pope Francis prayed that Lithuania become an example of defense of human rights in a gathering Sunday with former 20th-century freedom fighters, political prisoners, exiles and their families.
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Pope Francis: Christian life always includes the cross
Sep 25, 2018
As can be seen throughout history, the life of a Christian cannot escape the sacrifices and sorrows of the cross, Pope Francis said Sunday at Mass in Lithuania.
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The Gospel of Christ makes the globalisation of solidarity real
Sep 24, 2018
During the Angelus in Kaunas, Pope Francis called on the faithful to pay attention to "the outcast and [. . .] minorities. In this way, we can keep far from our lives and our cultures the possibility of destroying one another, of marginalizing, of continuing to discard whatever we find troublesome or uncomfortable."
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Pope in the Baltic States, Kaunas: Spending our life in joyful service
Sep 24, 2018
Pope Francis celebrated his first Mass in the Baltic States, in Santakos Park in Kaunas, together with hundreds of thousands, remembering the "experiences of the cross" and persecution.
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Being close to the tabernacle, the Lord and the people
Sep 24, 2018
Pope Francis met priests, consecrated men and women and seminarians in Kaunas Cathedral. He spoke about "groaning” for the thirst of God and listening to the groaning of people. Being sad in one’s vocation is a "disease", which turns the consecrated into hardened and fruitless bachelors and spinsters.
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Pope: Lithuania, model for the European Union
Sep 24, 2018
At the beginning of his trip to the Baltic countries, Pope Francis mentioned the 25th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s visit. Lithuania has a population of around 2.9 million, 79 per cent of whom are Catholic. "Welcoming differences" is the model Lithuania experienced in its past, to be proposed today to the world.
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Pope remembers Lithuanian freedom fighters and victims of occupations
Sep 24, 2018
Visiting the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius on September 23, Pope Francis offered a prayer remembering all those who defied domination by others.
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Visit and prayer before the monuments to the victims of the occupations and the Jewish ghetto
Sep 24, 2018
Pope Francis stood in silence and laid flowers at the ghetto and lit a golden lamp at the museum that commemorates the people tortured and executed by the KGB. He noted the “thirst for absolute power on the part of those who sought complete domination”, praying that “we may not be deaf to the plea of all those who cry out to heaven in our own day.”
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