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Words of wisdom from Pope Francis: the Angelus, Wednesday Audience and Morning Mass Homilies.

Pope at Angelus urges leaders to be discerning, just and merciful
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Pope at Angelus urges leaders to be discerning, just and merciful

Angelus, In the Pope's Words

Pope at Angelus urges leaders to be discerning, just and merciful

Pope Francis addresses the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus calling on all those who have educational or leadership responsibilities to be aware of their role and to be wise, discerning and merciful. Pope Francis on Sunday reflected on the Gospel reading of the day in which Jesus invites his disciples to [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-03-04T20:17:03+00:00Mar 4th, 2019|Categories: Angelus, In the Pope's Words|Tags: attitude of meekness and mercy, charity, family, Gospel, gospel of Luke, gossip, Holy Father, Holy Spirit, humility, justice and mercy, leader, meekness, Pope, Pope Francis, Rome, St. Peter's Square, the evil of gossip, Vatican|

Pope at Santa Marta: there is God’s mercy but also His anger
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Pope at Santa Marta: there is God’s mercy but also His anger

In the Pope's Words, Morning Mass Homilies

Pope at Santa Marta: there is God’s mercy but also His anger

In his homily at Mass, Thursday morning, Pope Francis urged Christians to make a daily examination of conscience regarding their actions because no one is sure when and how life will end. Stop for a while to acknowledge our failures, aware that the end can come any moment, and let us not continue living as we [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-03-04T19:48:37+00:00Feb 28th, 2019|Categories: In the Pope's Words, Morning Mass Homilies|Tags: anger, conscience, Conversion, conversion without delay, Death, Examination of Conscience, five minutes a day, Gospel, Holy Father, homily, Jesus, judgement, justice, Last Judgement, life, mercy, Morning Homily, Morning Mass Homily, passions, Pope, Pope Francis, Rome, Vatican, Wisdom|

Pope at Angelus: Working together to protect minors
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Pope at Angelus: Working together to protect minors

Angelus, In the Pope's Words

Pope at Angelus: Working together to protect minors

Pope Francis tells the faithful in St Peter’s Square during the Angelus, “we want all possible measures to be taken so that such crimes are not repeated”. Speaking following the recitation of the Marian Prayer, Pope Francis reflected on the “Protection of Minors in the Church” meeting which concluded on Sunday with Holy Mass. The Pope [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-03-04T20:03:54+00:00Feb 24th, 2019|Categories: Angelus, In the Pope's Words|Tags: Angelus, forgiveness, Holy Father, minors, Pope, Pope Francis, protection of minors, Society, St. Peter's Square, The Church, Vatican, victims, Wednesday Audience|

Pope Audience: God the Father loves us like no one else can
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Pope Audience: God the Father loves us like no one else can

In the Pope's Words, Wednesday Audience

Pope Audience: God the Father loves us like no one else can

Pope Francis during his continuing catechesis on the Lord's Prayer at the Wednesday General Audience tells pilgrims, that “when we feel that hunger to love God, we are responding to the invitation to know God as ‘Father’." Continuing his catechesis on the “Our Father”, on Wednesday, the Pope told the pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-02-23T02:59:33+00:00Feb 20th, 2019|Categories: In the Pope's Words, Wednesday Audience|Tags: Angelus, catechesis, charity, General Audience, God's love, Gospel, Holy Father, homily, Love, On the Greatness of God's Love, Pope, Pope Francis, Vatican|

Pope at Mass: ‘Cost of war weighs on the weak’
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Pope at Mass: ‘Cost of war weighs on the weak’

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Pope at Mass: ‘Cost of war weighs on the weak’

Pope at Mass: ‘Cost of war weighs on the weak’ In his homily at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday, Pope Francis reflects on the cost of war, calling it a ‘modern-day flood’ whose price is paid by the poorest among us. Pope Francis compared the Biblical flood of Noah’s time to the many [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-02-22T05:00:30+00:00Feb 19th, 2019|Categories: In the Pope's Words, Morning Mass Homilies|Tags: Attributes of God, Bible, Casa Santa Marta, Christ, cost of war, God, grace, heart of Jesus, Holy Father, homily, Morning Homily, Morning Mass Homily, Poor, Pope, relationship with Jesus, Sacred Heart, Suffering, the flood, Vatican, war|

Pope at Mass: “Where is your brother?”
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Pope at Mass: “Where is your brother?”

In the Pope's Words, Morning Mass Homilies

Pope at Mass: “Where is your brother?”

Reflecting on the episode of Cain and Abel in the Bible, Pope Francis in his homily at Mass on Monday said we are asked many uncomfortable questions regarding our brothers. “Where is your brother?” This is the question that God asks each one of us in our hearts regarding our brother who is sick, in prison [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-02-23T02:09:23+00:00Feb 18th, 2019|Categories: In the Pope's Words, Morning Mass Homilies|Tags: Bible, brother, Cain and Abel, charity, family, francis, Gospel, Holy Father, homily, Jesus, Love, neighbour, Pope, Pope Francis, Rome, St. Matthew, The Poor, Vatican|

Angelus: Pope warns against idolatry, Jesus calls us to happiness
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Angelus: Pope warns against idolatry, Jesus calls us to happiness

Angelus, In the Pope's Words

Angelus: Pope warns against idolatry, Jesus calls us to happiness

Before the recitation of the Marian Prayer, the Pope reflects on Sunday’s Gospel reading from Luke in which, he says, Jesus in the form of the Beatitudes “opens his eyes to us, makes us see with his gaze, beyond appearances, beyond the surface, and teaches us to discern situations with faith.” Pope Francis explained how Jesus, [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-02-23T03:34:40+00:00Feb 17th, 2019|Categories: Angelus, In the Pope's Words|Tags: Beatitudes, charity, danger of idolatry, francis, Holy Father, idolatry, joy, Pope, Pope Francis, reality, St. Peter's Square, Sunday Angelus, Vatican|

Pope at Mass: life has value only when given
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Pope at Mass: life has value only when given

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Pope at Mass: life has value only when given

In his homily at Mass, Friday morning, Pope Francis drew lesson from the martyrdom of John the Baptist and the other characters involved in it. According to Jesus, the martyrdom of John, the greatest man born of a woman, is a great witness to the fact that life has value only in giving it to others [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-02-23T02:37:07+00:00Feb 8th, 2019|Categories: In the Pope's Words, Morning Mass Homilies|Tags: casa marta, Catholic, Gospel, Herod, Jesus, John the Baptist, life, Martyrs, Morning Homily, Pope, Pope Francis, the baptist, Vatican|

Pope at General Audience: ‘WYD was joyful feast for Panama’
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Pope at General Audience: ‘WYD was joyful feast for Panama’

In the Pope's Words, Wednesday Audience

Pope at General Audience: ‘WYD was joyful feast for Panama’

In the catechesis portion of his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis thanks God and all those who helped make World Youth Day in Panama a success. Fresh from his Apostolic Journey to Panama, Pope Francis relived World Youth Day with the pilgrims present at the Wednesday General Audience. One of the things that really struck him [...]

By Evangeline Soutsos|2019-02-23T03:17:26+00:00Jan 30th, 2019|Categories: In the Pope's Words, Wednesday Audience|Tags: General Audience, God, Gospel, Holy Father, Holy Spirit, homily, Jesus and Mary, Pope, Pope Francis, redemption, Via Crucis, Way of the Cross, world, World Youth Day, World Youth Day in Panama, WYD, Youth|

Pope at Angelus: ‘Jesus’ eternal kingdom founded on love’
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Pope at Angelus: ‘Jesus’ eternal kingdom founded on love’

Angelus, In the Pope's Words

Pope at Angelus: ‘Jesus’ eternal kingdom founded on love’

Ahead of the Sunday Angelus prayer on the Solemnity of Christ the King, Pope Francis says Jesus came to establish an eternal kingdom which is founded on love and gives peace, freedom, and fullness of life. Pope Francis prayed the Angelus on Sunday with thousands of pilgrims huddled under umbrellas in a rainy St. Peter’s Square. [...]