by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“‘To celebrate #Mary as Mother of #God and our mother at the beginning of the new year means recalling a certainty that will accompany our days,’ said #PopeFrancis, ‘we are a people with a Mother; we are not orphans.’ … ‘To celebrate the feast of the Holy Mother of God reminds us that we are not interchangeable items of merchandise
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#Catholic #Mass from St. Peter’s Basilica at the #Vatican, #Christmas Eve 2016, Celebrated by #PopeFrancis. [Click here for Mass Readings]
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“‘The Kingdom of God is at hand and is indeed in the middle of us, this is the central message of all Christian mission.’ Those were the words of Pope Francis during his Angelus address in St Peter’s Square on the Second Sunday of Advent. …”
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“Pope Francis marked the beginning of the new liturgical year at the Angelus for the First Sunday of Advent. … the Gospel introduces us to one of the most ‘evocative’ themes of the Advent season: the visit of the Lord to humanity. Pope Francis pointed out three visits of the Lord: the first … the Incarnation, and Birth of Jesus
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“The season of Advent is a reminder to us to open our horizons and have concern for more than just material things, the Pope said Sunday during his Angelus address. Advent is an invitation ‘to sobriety, to not be dominated by the things of this world, to material reality, but rather to govern them,’ Pope Francis said Nov. 27 in
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“Pope Francis has expressed his condolences for the death of the former President of the State Council and of the Government of the Republic of Cuba, Fidel Castro. …”
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“The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is the crown of the liturgical year and this Holy Year of Mercy. The Gospel in fact presents the kingship of Jesus as the culmination of his saving work, and it does so in a surprising way. ‘The Christ of God, the Chosen One, the King’ (Lk 23:35,37) appears
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… Poza Rica and its surrounding territory has been the scene of drug-related gang violence and trafficking for many years. But it’s unclear why the Catholic priests were targeted. Priests have been killed before in Mexico, but many of the killings have occurred in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. The two murders bring the total number of Catholic priests
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Mother Teresa was ‘a generous dispenser of Divine Mercy’ among the ‘abandoned and discarded”. … Pope Francis thus described Mother Teresa during his homily on Sunday, 4 September, in the Canonization Mass for the Foundress of the men and women Missionaries of Charity. More than a hundred thousand people gathered in St Peter’s Square for the solemn right, one of
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