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Faith, non-believers, and conscience: Pope Francis’ “Letter to the Editor”
In an extraordinary personal letter published in Italy’s left-leaning daily La Repubblica, Pope Francis answers questions posed by the paper’s atheist founder, Eugenio Scalfari, about the demands of faith and the attitude of the Church […]
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Pope Francis: “For me it is the most beautiful image of the Church: the Church as mother.”
From Pope Francis’ Wednesday General Audience address, delivered today in St. Peter’s Square (via Vatican Information Service): “Among the images that the Vatican Council II chose to help us better understand the nature of the […]
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Bishop Paprocki: “Christians have to mentally adjust…it’s a pagan kind of a culture”
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois recently did an interview with the Washington Times in which he lamented what he calls the “rupture” in the relationship between Church and culture: “We [Christians] […]
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Nuncio on prayer vigil: “Syrians were moved by the participation of the whole world in their suffering”
As tens of thousands joined Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square for the prayer vigil for peace in Syria on Saturday evening—and even more watched on TV or streaming online—a similar event took place in […]
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Catholic Funerals and the True Perspective of Faith
You’re probably witnessing liturgical abuses when the woman in the pew behind you asks out loud, “What the hell is he doing?” This happened at a funeral. A visiting celebrant (at a parish that I […]
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Francis: “There’s a deeper war we must fight, all of us! This deep war against evil!”
Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ Angelus address for September 8, delivered this morning in Rome to the assembled crowd in St. Peter’s Square, the morning after the Holy Father led a prayer […]
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Pope Francis’ Vigil for Peace homily [Full text]
This evening in Rome Pope Francis delivered the homily below as part of the four-hour Prayer Vigil for Peace held in St. Peter’s Square. It was estimated that 100,000 people joined the Holy Father for […]
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A Love So Great It Seems Like Hate?
Readings: • Wis 9:13-18b • Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17 • Phmn 9-10, 12-17 • Lk 14:25-33 I recently read a column by a young Catholic who expressed frustration with the saying, “Love the sinner, […]