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The Pope sings of love and the purity of the soul in the Assumption of Mary

León XIV has returned to Castelgandolfo to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The glorification of Mary in soul and body teaches us that our true beauty lies in showing, even in our flesh, the signs of love that has no end, he stated in a beautiful homily.
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Francisco Otamendi

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Pope April

Pope defends St. John Paul II from "unfounded assumptions"

On the second Sunday of Easter, the day on which the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis described the comments of the brother of the girl who disappeared in 1983, Emanuela Orlandi, about St. John Paul II, as "unfounded suppositions". He also greeted the groups that cultivate the spirituality of Divine Mercy and congratulated the friars of the East on Easter.

Francisco Otamendi

16 Apr 2023

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Pope calls for "mercy of the Father" in a world of wars

In his catechesis on apostolic zeal, the Holy Father Francis exhorted this morning to "promptness" and to "move" to evangelize. He also announced the upcoming Divine Mercy Sunday instituted by St. John Paul II, noting that in a "world increasingly tested by wars and alienated from God, we need the Father's Mercy even more." "Through your sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world" he prayed.

Francisco Otamendi

12 Apr 2023

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Dutch flowers celebrating Easter in the Vatican

Maria José Atienza

12 Apr 2023

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Gabriella Gambino: "Rediscovering the evangelizing power of the family".

Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, considers family "a direct witness to Christ's presence in ordinary life and to his redemptive power"..

Giovanni Tridente

12 Apr 2023

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Pope sees Easter as "signs of hope," but urges "paths of peace"

"Christ is risen. He is the Resurrection. Happy Easter to all". This is how Pope Francis began his Easter Message before giving the Urbi et Orbi Blessing with an appeal for peace and "mutual trust" before more than 50,000 people in St. Peter's Square. The Holy Father noted "signs of hope" in welcoming those who are fleeing, but urged respect for "human dignity".

Francisco Otamendi

9 Apr 2023

Easter Pope

Return to Galilee, the place of the first meeting

Pope Francis celebrated the Easter Vigil and delivered a homily in which he invited everyone to enter into the journey of the disciples "from the tomb to Galilee."

Paloma López Campos

9 Apr 2023

Stations of the Cross

Ukrainian and Russian youth pray for peace on the Way of the Cross in Rome

After the mothers, the sons. Yesterday, at the Way of the Cross at the Roman Colosseum, a young Ukrainian and a Russian prayed for peace and against rancor and violence at the traditional Way of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, which Pope Francis attended from his residence in Santa Marta, as a precaution against low temperatures. The Way of the Cross became a cry for peace.

Francisco Otamendi

8 Apr 2023

Good Friday

Good Friday, the "other death of God".

Pope Francis presided over the services for Good Friday, during which Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa delivered a homily in which he highlighted the de-Christianization of culture, "another death of God".

Paloma López Campos

7 Apr 2023

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Pope greets the participants of UNIV'23

Maria José Atienza

7 Apr 2023

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Holy Thursday: Pope washes feet of 12 young prisoners in Rome

Ten years after visiting the Casal del Marmo Penal Institute for Minors in Rome in 2013, Pope Francis has once again washed the feet of twelve young inmates at the same center on Holy Thursday, and presided over the celebration of the Mass 'In Coena Domini' in the chapel. "Help each other, help each other. Jesus has washed my feet, he has saved me. He never abandons us," the Pope said in his homily.

Francisco Otamendi

6 Apr 2023

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Centenary of Our Lady of Fatima, 2017

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

Francisco Otamendi

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