Pope Speaks

No One Is Saved Alone

Pope Francis went on to note that “for all our deeply-held convictions that all men and women are created equal, many of our brothers and sisters in the human family, especially those at the margins of society, are effectively excluded from the financial world.” The pandemic, he continued, has re-minded us that “no one is […]

See Jesus

“The sign of the Cross over the centuries, the Pope said “has become the symbol par excellence of Christi-ans,” and the Crucifix is often where people “see Jesus,” especially those from places where Christianity is not well-known where it is the sign they encounter and come to recognize. They see them in churches, the homes […]

Immense suffering of War

“An untold number of dead and wounded, millions of refugees, thousands missing, destruction, violence of all kinds and immense suffering for the entire population, especially the most vulnerable, such as children, women and the elderly,” said the Pope. He also called on the international community to provide “decisive and renewed” commitment to rebuild-ing the nation, […]

The Experience of the Hell

Hungarian author Edith Bruck, now almost 90 years old, has lived in Italy for many years. Struck by her witness in her at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Pope Francis on Saturday decided pay her a visit at her home in Rome’s centre on February 20, 2021 “I have come here to thank you for your […]

Bearing witness to the truth

The Holy Father explains “accepting and living the truth revealed in Christ means, first of all, opening our hearts to God’s word.” Through fasting, “experienced as a form of self-denial,” we are able “to rediscover God’s gift and recognize that, created in His image and likeness, we find our fulfilment in Him.” Fasting, too, by […]

Remembering Means Being Careful

“Today we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and all those persecuted and deported by the Nazi regime,” Pope Francis said at his weekly General Audience. “Remembering also means being careful be-cause these things could happen again, beginning with ideological proposals intended to save a people and ending by destroying a people and humanity.” He […]

Capitol Hill, a time for “healing”

“There is no society which can boast of never having had a single day or case of violence,” the Pope said. Therefore, he added, it’s a question of “understanding, so as not to repeat [the violence] and learn from history.” In any case, Pope Francis concluded, “under-standing is fundame-ntal,” because it is the only way […]

The Face of God

“In everyone, I see reflected the face of God, and in those who suffer, I see the Lord pleading for my help. I see Him in the sick, the poor, the unem-ployed, the marginalized, the migrant and the refugee.” The Pope noted that the Christ child “tells us that pain and evil are not the […]

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