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On the parable of Lazarus and the rich man: Worldliness “anaesthetizes the soul”

Pope Francis at the Domus Santa Marta March 5, 2015 Being worldly means losing your name and having the eyes of your soul “tinted dark”, anaesthetized, until you no longer see the people around you. This is the sin that Francis spoke about on Thursday, 5 March, during Mass at Santa Marta. “Today’s Lenten [...]

"The Lord is always ready to remove the stone from the tomb of our sins"

Pope Francis Angelus - St. Peter's Square - Vatican City, April 6, 2014 Dear brothers and sisters, hello! The Gospel of this fifth Sunday of Lent tells us of the resurrection of Lazarus. It is the culmination of the miraculous “signs” worked by Jesus: it is a gesture that is too great, too clearly divine to [...]