A collection of the Pope’s words after the Sunday Angelus
(CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters) July 11, 2021 From the balcony of his tenth-floor hospital window, Pope Francis greets crowds gathered below for the Sunday Angelus, broadcast live around the world. He thanks them for their closeness and offers his prayers for those suffering and needing care. Vatican News staff writer Pope Francis gave [...]
(CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) July 4, 2021 Pope Francis calls on us to keep our eyes and hearts free of prejudice and closed mindedness that comes from habit. Be open to being amazed at God’s surprises, he says, and God’s “humble and hidden presence in daily life”. By Vatican News staff writer Before leading [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) June 27, 2021 At the Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis recalls that Jesus goes beyond our sins and prejudices to heal our heart from the wounds and mistakes of the past. By Devin Watkins Pope Francis prayed the Angelus on Sunday with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, and reflected on [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) June 20, 2021 Reflecting on Sunday's Gospel passage about the storm calmed by Jesus, Pope Francis likens the waves and wind to the trials of our daily lives and encourages us to "ask for the grace of a faith that never tires of seeking the Lord." He assures us the Lord [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) June 13, 2021 At his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis reminds us to have attentive eyes in order to see how God’s hidden presence is always there and at work in our lives and history. By Vatican News staff writer Speaking to pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the Sunday [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) June 6, 2021 Pope Francis celebrates the Solemnity of Corpus Christi inviting the faithful to embrace the Lord’s gift of the Eucharist and to make a gift of our lives too. By Linda Bordoni On the day Christians in Italy and in other countries celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) May 30, 2021 Pope Francis during the Sunday Angelus recalls the feast of the Most Holy Trinity which he said, “makes us contemplate this wonderful mystery of love and light from which we come and to which our earthly journey is guided.” By Lydia O’Kane Pope Francis, during the Angelus from [...]
(CNS photo/Paul Haring) May 23, 2021 Pope Francis reflects on the action of the Holy Spirit who is “like a strong and freely flowing wind” and invites the faithful to open their hearts to the gift of the Spirit and go out to witness to the Lord’s love. By Linda Bordoni On Pentecost Sunday [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) May 9, 2021 At the Regina Coeli prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis reflects on what it means to abide in Jesus’ love, saying it is best expressed in self-giving service to others. By Devin Watkins Taking his cue from the day’s Gospel (Jn 15:9-17), Pope Francis explored the fruit that can [...]
(CNS photo/Vatican Media) May 2, 2021 Pope Francis addresses the faithful on the fifth Sunday of Easter and reflects on how in order to bear witness to Christ, it is necessary to be united with Him and abide in Him actively, By Linda Bordoni Commenting on the Gospel of John (Jn 15, 1-8) in which [...]
