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A Church without nuns is “unimaginable”!

Pope Francis Angelus - St Peter Square - Sunday, February 2, 2014 “What would happen if there were no nuns? No nuns in hospitals, in missions, in charitable institutions, in schools… Can you even imagine a Church without nuns…? No it is unthinkable!”. And speaking on the day in which we celebrate the World Day for Consecrated [...]

Pope Francis catechesis dedicated to the Sacrament of Confirmation

Wednesday Audience - St. Peter Square - January 29, 2014 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In this third catechesis on the Sacraments, we pause to reflect on Confirmation or “Chrismation”, which must be understood in continuity with Baptism, to which it is inseparably linked. These two Sacraments, together with the Eucharist, form a single saving [...]