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Pope on All Saints Day: Beatitudes, the path to holiness in daily life
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Pope on All Saints Day: Beatitudes, the path to holiness in daily life
Angelus, In the Pope's Words

Pope on All Saints Day: Beatitudes, the path to holiness in daily life

On All Saints, Nov. 1, Pope Francis recited the midday ‘Angelus’ prayer with the faithful and tourists in Rome St. Peter’s Square. Pope Francis on Thursday urged Christians to seek holiness not by accomplishing extraordinary things but by following the path of the Beatitudes without half measures in everyday life. The Holy Father offered the exhortation [...]

Celebrating the Saints who transmit the light of God
Celebrating the Saints who transmit the light of God
Angelus, Wednesday Audience

Celebrating the Saints who transmit the light of God

Pope Francis during the Angelus on Wednesday marked the feast of All Saints, telling the faithful in St Peter’s Square that it was a celebration of the many simple and hidden people who help God to push the world forward. “Saints are not perfect models, but people marked by God. We can compare them to church stained-glass [...]