Papal Peru and Chile Visit News
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Young people, the heart can’t be “photoshopped”, because that’s where real love is found
Jan 22, 2018
At the Angelus in the Plaza de Armas, Pope Francis calls on young people to follow Jesus with all of themselves, without discouragement, in the example of St. Martin of Porres, the half-caste saint.
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Pope Francis calls for Church with ‘Amazonian and indigenous’ face
Jan 22, 2018
On the first day of his visit to Peru, the Pope called on governments to respect indigenous rights
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In Peru, met the indigenous people and addressed the issue of corruption is addressed (Jan 18 - 21, 2018)
Jan 20, 2018
Pope Francis set out on his 22nd foreign trip on Jan 15, a visit to Chile and Peru that offered a number of daunting issues for him to address — from the plight of indigenous peoples, the condition of migrants, the urgent need to address poverty, inequality and corruption and the state of the environment to the question of the sexual abuse of minors by priests in Chile and lay leaders in Peru.
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Young Chileans say they’re glad Pope Francis wants their views
Jan 19, 2018
The playground at the Salesian-run school was filled with children in brightly coloured swimsuits, laughing and screaming as young Catholic volunteers sprayed them with water in the 100-degree summer sunshine.
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Pope Francis bids Chile farewell
Jan 19, 2018
Pope Francis has wrapped up his apostolic journey to Chile with a brief farewell ceremony at Iquique Airport.
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‘Mary knows what burdens our hearts,’ Pope reminds in Iquique, Chile
Jan 19, 2018
During last mass in Chile, reminds like any good mother, ‘she doesn’t sit still’ & knows all going on around her
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Pope in Chile: This land surrounded by the driest desert knows how to put on party clothes
Jan 19, 2018
At the final Mass of his visit to Chile, at the Campus Lobito in Iquique, Pope Francis prayed for "the integration of peoples" in an region that has know emigration and immigration. He called on people to be like servants at Cana – “they too are part of the miracle” – and take care of the poor and those who have a "watered down" life. He crowned the statue of Our Lady of Carmel (Virgen de la Tirana), patron saint of Chile, and received a crosier and a cross made of salt crystals.
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Love is in the air: Pope marries couple mid-flight during Chile visit
Jan 19, 2018
In his five years in office, Pope Francis has gained a reputation for embracing spontaneity. Today, he did it again with another papal first: witnessing the marriage of two flight attendants on board his flight from Santiago to Iquique.
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Pope in Chile: To young people, always be "connected" to Jesus Francis reflects on the importance
Jan 19, 2018
Being "connected" with Jesus, behaving "as he would" in the different situations of life. This is the invitation that Pope Francis addressed to young Chileans, 40 thousand of whom met with him in the Maipù sanctuary, in Santiago.
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Pope stops popemobile to help police officer thrown from horse
Jan 19, 2018
Pope Francis stopped the ‘popemobile’ today in the streets of Iquique, Chile today, after seeing a police officer thrown from her horse as the vehicle passed her by.
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