POPE'S MESSAGE | Just as God freely offers salvation, don't give hoping to...
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Christians are called to help those who have nothing to give and love those who don't love back, Pope Francis said.Salvation and changing the world...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Albania proves to world that diverse religions can live in...
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- People of different religious beliefs can and must live together in peace, Pope Francis said.The Muslim majority and Christian minorities in Albania...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Church called to keep hope alive, live in joyful expectation
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- The Church of Christ is called to keep the light of hope alive in the world, showing all humanity the path leading to "the merciful face of God"...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | All wars begin in a jealous heart; let go of pride, env
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- All wars begin in the human heart -- a heart that is jealous and bitter and tears apart communities through misunderstandings and marginalization,...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Announcing new series of talks about family, pope reviews synod
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family in October was not the scene of "a clash between factions, but of a debate among bishops," a work...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | World without mothers would be inhumane, lacking tenderness
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Mothers are indispensable to society and the Church, showing the world what it means to generously give oneself for others, to respect life and to...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Dads: Play with your kids, be strong, loving, moral role models
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- When their lives are all work and no play, men turn their children into "orphans" who lack a father to guide them, show them love and teach them...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Families need fathers who guide, love them through thick and...
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Every family needs a father -- a father who shares in his family's joy and pain, hands down wisdom to his children and offers them firm guidance and...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Life is enriched with the birth of children
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Children are a blessing, not a burden, and are a sign of the confident hope of a couple and of society, Pope Francis said."If a family that has...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Don't be bitter or give up; offer world your wisdom, pope...
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Don't pack it in or shift into cruise control, Pope Francis told his fellow seniors.Today's frenetic world, especially young people and families,...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Welcome children, learn from them
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Children are a blessing for humanity and for the Church, bringing new life and energy to families and society, Pope Francis said.Unfortunately, he...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Children are never a mistake, and all adults must be...
Laura IeraciCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Children are never a "mistake" and no sacrifice is too great for an adult to make so that children can feel their worth, Pope Francis said.At his...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | War of the sexes: Gender theory is the problem, not solution
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Eradicating male and female identities does nothing to solve the problem of unfair or disrespectful treatment based on people's gender, Pope Francis said."Getting...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Everyone loses when culture doesn't care about marriage, family
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- God's plan for fruitful, everlasting unions between a man and woman has been lost in a world filled with skepticism, distrust and hostility, Pope Francis said.A...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Marriage is brave promise to love like Jesus, not showy...
Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- A Christian marriage is more than a big ceremony in a church with nice flowers, everyone wearing fancy clothes and taking lots of pictures.Marriage...
View ArticlePOPE'S MESSAGE | Pope asks forgiveness for scandals in Rome, Vatican
Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- With 30,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis asked forgiveness for scandals that have occurred within the church...
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