POPE FRANCIS WEDNESDAY CATECHESIS ON “THE LORD’S PRAYER” (Feb. 13, 2019) Catechesis of the Holy Father Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Let us continue our journey to learn to pray increasingly well, as Jesus taught us. We must pray like He taught us to do. He said: when you pray, enter into the silence…
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POPE FRANCIS’ MESSAGE 27th WORLD DAY OF THE SICK (Feb. 11, 2019). “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8)
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE XXVII WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2019 “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8) Dear Brothers and Sisters, “You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt 10:8). These are the words spoken by Jesus when sending forth his apostles to spread the Gospel, so that his…
POPE FRANCIS’ HOMILY, HOLY MASS IN HIS APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO UAE: “Blessed are you…”
POPE FRANCIS’ HOMILY, HOLY MASS DURING HIS APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Feb. 5, 2019, Zayed Sports City) Blessed: this is the word with which Jesus begins his preaching in Matthew’s Gospel. And it is the refrain he repeats today, as if to fix in our hearts, more than anything, an essential message: if…
Pope Francis’ Opening ceremony speech, World Youth Day 2019 (Panama)
Pope Francis’ Opening ceremony speech, World Youth Day 2019 (Panama) Dear Young People, good evening! How good it is to get together again, this time in a land that receives us with such radiance and warmth! As we gather in Panama, World Youth Day is once more a celebration of joy and hope for the…
POPE FRANCIS’ LETTER “THE HUMAN COMMUNITY”: ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA ARE EXTREMELY GRAVE EVILS AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF LIFE.
POPE FRANCIS’ LETTER “THE HUMAN COMMUNITY”: ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA ARE EXTREMELY GRAVE EVILS AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF LIFE. Below you have the Vatican-provided English text of Pope Francis’ letter on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Pontifical Academy of Life in which the Holy Father appeals to continue its effort “to promote and…
POPE FRANCIS’ HOMILY EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD 2019
POPE FRANCIS’ HOMILY EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD 2019 St. Peter’s Basilica January 6, 2019 Below you have the VATICAN-PROVIDED English text of Pope Francis’ Homily given today during the Mass of the Epiphany of Our Lord. +++ Epiphany: this word indicates the manifestation of the Lord, who, as Saint Paul tells us in the second reading (cf. Eph 3:6), makes…
POPE FRANCIS 2019 SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD HOLY MASS.
POPE FRANCIS 2019 SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD HOLY MASS. Personal screengrabs taken from the live coverage of the Holy Mass. AUDIO CREDIT: The Tudor Consort, Eja Mater fons amoris under Creative Commons License 3.0
POPE FRANCIS’ 2018 URBI ET ORBI CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.
POPE FRANCIS’ 2018 URBI ET ORBI CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Christmas! To you, the faithful of Rome, to you, the pilgrims, and to all who are linked to us from every part of the world, I renew the joyous proclamation of Bethlehem: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace…
POPE FRANCIS’ 2018 CHRISTMAS VIGIL HOMILY: FROM BETHLEHEM TO THE CENACLE, GOD GIVES HIMSELF TO US AS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
POPE FRANCIS’ 2018 CHRISTMAS VIGIL HOMILY: FROM BETHLEHEM TO THE CENACLE, GOD GIVES HIMSELF TO US AS THE BREAD OF LIFE. Joseph with Mary his spouse, went up “to the city of David called Bethlehem” (Lk 2:4). Tonight, we too, go to Bethlehem, there to discover the mystery of Christmas. Bethlehem: the name means house of bread. In…
POPE FRANCIS’ ADDRESS ON GAUDETE SUNDAY 2018
POPE FRANCIS’ ADDRESS ON GAUDETE SUNDAY 2018 Dear brethren in Christ, below you have the ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave today, before and after praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Present on this Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) were children of the Roman Oratories Center, and of the parishes and…
Dec. 17: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR POPE FRANCIS!
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