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Pope Francis to confessors: be authentically merciful

12 March 2015

Pope Francis on Thursday received a group of priests and bishops participating in a special formation initiative of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the internal forum. The Apostolic Penitentiary is the Church tribunal that deals primarily with issues that arise in and around the Sacrament of Confession, as well as the lifting of excommunications reserved to […]

Pope Francis, to receive pardon, we must give pardon

10 March 2015

Focusing primarily on the reading from the Gospel according to St Matthew (18:21-35), in which the Lord counsels His disciples to forgive “seventy times seven” times, i.e. always and without stint, the Holy Father addressed the close connection between God’s forgiveness of our sins and our forgiveness of others. Drawing on the Old Testament reading […]

Shades of Truth: Between Truth and Skepticism

10 March 2015

On Monday, March 2, the film “Shades of Truth” was presented in Rome. Written and directed by Liana Marabini, it was produced by Condor Pictures. It is a film with an exceptional cast. Among others are Christopher Lambert, Marie-Christine Barrault, Giancarlo Giannini, Remo Girone, Gedeon Burkhard, and David Wall. It will be shown, outside the […]

European Youth Meeting in Avila

6 March 2015

Avila, Spain, will be the hosting city of the I European Youth Meeting organized by the Spanish Episcopal Conference and its Youth Department. The event will be held from the 5th to 9th of August, 2015, and has as its theme “In difficult times, strong friends of God” (free translation). As the city celebrates this year […]

Pope Francis: Judge not and self-accusation

3 March 2015

(2nd March, 2015) It is easy to judge others, but we can only progress on our Christian journey in life if we are capable of judging ourselves first, said Pope Francis at Monday morning Mass in Casa Santa Marta. The readings of the day focused on the subject of mercy. The Pope, recalling that “we […]

Have you read Pope Francis’ message for you this Lent?

2 March 2015

“Make your hearts firm” (Jas 5:8) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each communities and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor 6:2). God does not ask of us anything that he himself has not first given us. “We love because he […]

Message of Pope Francis for World Youth Day 2015

17 February 2015

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE THIRTIETH WORLD YOUTH DAY 2015 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God (Mt 5: 8) Dear Young Friends, We continue our spiritual pilgrimage toward Krakow, where in July 2016 the next international World Youth Day will be held. As our guide for the […]

Pope: religion must never be abused in the cause of war

13 January 2015

Pope Francis underlined the significance and urgency of interreligious and ecumenical dialogue in a nation, like Sri Lanka, that is undergoing a process of reconciliation after civil war. Speaking on the first full day of his apostolic journey to Sri Lanka, Pope Francis addressed an interreligious and ecumenical gathering and reaffirmed the Church’s deep and […]

Pope: “Int’l community must take concrete steps for peace

12 January 2015

Pope Francis has called on the international community to take concrete steps to bring about peace and to protect all those who are victims of war and persecution. In a wide-ranging discourse to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, the Pope focused on a series of urgent issues which – he said […]

Letter to a young girl on the privilege of being a woman

4 January 2015

My dear young friend, I know that young girls like secrets, and I am going to share one with you. God has chosen your sex for you; He made you to be a girl. You know that girls today are often told by feminists that the Church is “sexist” and has “discriminated” against them from […]

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