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10 quotes on suffering and humility from the diary of St. Faustina Kowalska

October 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938) in Łagiewniki, Poland. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

CNA Staff, Oct 5, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
On Oct. 5 Catholics around the world celebrate the feast of St. Faustina Kowalska, the polish nun … […]

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Pope Francis on Our Lady of Lourdes feast: The Church is close to all who are sick or frail

February 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on Feb. 11, 2024. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Feb 11, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged people to bring God’s love to the sick and suffering through “concrete actions” in his Angelus address o… […]

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Man with disfigured face whose embrace with Pope Francis touched the world dies

January 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis embraces Vinicio Riva after the general audience on Nov. 6, 2013. / Credit: Vatican Media

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 12, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Vinicio Riva, an Italian man who suffered from a rare condition and whose moving encounter w… […]

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Saints Peter and Paul: Models of suffering and perseverance in faith

June 29, 2023 Fr. Charles Fox 2

St. Teresa of Avila strongly believed that God was her great Friend, and that prayer is in large measure “an intimate sharing between friends.” One time she prayed to God, sharing with her Friend the […]

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Pope Francis: Illness and suffering can help us discover what really matters in life

April 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Biblical Institute on April 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Apr 20, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
While the world today can view sickness and suffering as meaningless, Pope Fra… […]

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Judgment in the midst of the storm

April 17, 2023 Donald Jacob Uitvlugt 5

On March 31 of this year, shortly after 2 pm local time, an EF 3 tornado ripped through the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, cutting a path of destruction that also affected the communities of […]

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Pope Francis’ advice for Holy Week: Look to the cross, our hope is there

April 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the pope mobile in St. Peter’s Square on April 5, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Apr 5, 2023 / 09:53 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to foc… […]

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‘Rise again’: Jesus gives life when hope seems lost, Pope Francis says

March 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus reflection from the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City on March 26, 2023. / Vatican Media

CNA Newsroom, Mar 26, 2023 / 08:01 am (CNA).
Pope Francis: “Get up, get back on the path, regain confidence”… God will tak… […]

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10 quotes from Pope Benedict XVI on the beauty of love and suffering

January 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Benedict XVI signs an apostolic exhortation on Nov. 19, 2011, in Benin. / Credit: Vatican Media

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
When Pope Benedict XVI published his first encyclical, he chose an everlasting topic: … […]

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Pope Francis: ‘God is not afraid of our prayer of protest’

May 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 18, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, May 18, 2022 / 04:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged Catholics on Wednesday to feel free to protest spontaneously to God when faced with suffering a… […]

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