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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.

Francisco Otamendi

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The synod in the tradition of the Church

This long journey of synodality has enriched the particular Churches and the entire universal Church, for it has constituted a strong call to unity with the diocesan bishops and of the college of bishops with the Holy Father, universal Pastor of the Church of God.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

5 Nov 2024

Weekend of saints, deceased, prayer for Valencia, and love of God

The petition to "Mary, Queen of Saints, to help us "to make our lives a path of holiness"; the prayer for the deceased, especially for unborn children, and for Valencia, with the question 'what am I doing for the people of Valencia'; and the reflection at the Angelus this Sunday on whether 'love for God is the center of my life', mark these days of Pope Francis.

Francisco Otamendi

3 Nov 2024

Confirmation to be "beginning, growth" and not "goodbye", Pope urges

It is said that after Confirmation young people undertake the "exit" from the Church and are not seen again until marriage. "May the sacrament of Confirmation be a "beginning and growth" in the Christian life, and not a "goodbye" to the Church until marriage, the Pope urged in Wednesday's Audience. He also recalled the feast of All Saints.

Francisco Otamendi

30 Oct 2024

'Tutela Minorum' urges "path of healing" from abuses

By mandate of Pope Francis, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors ('Tutela Minorum'), has presented in the Vatican the first Annual Report on the policies and procedures of guardianship in the Church, a "journey of conversion" to repair and heal abuse, said Cardinal Sean O'Malley. Its recommendations aim to improve the reception and follow-up of complaints, and to create a "culture of protection".

Francisco Otamendi

29 Oct 2024

The keys to the encyclical "Dilexit Nos".

Pope Francis published on October 24 his fourth encyclical "Dilexit Nos", a document that asks Catholics to focus their gaze on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Paloma López Campos

29 Oct 2024

Francis hopes that "the Synod will encourage us to be the Church like Bartimaeus".

In his homily at the closing Mass of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis urged us this Sunday, October 27, "not to remain seated in the face of the challenges of our time, the urgent needs of evangelization and the many wounds that afflict humanity. And may "the Synod impel us to be Church like Bartimaeus".

Francisco Otamendi

28 Oct 2024

Pope launches Synodal Document as "guide for local Churches".

With the singing of the Te Deum, the final document, "and a joy that could be touched," the first session of the XVI Assembly of the Synod of Synodality concluded on Saturday, October 28, 2023. One year later, this October 26/27, the second and last Session of the Synod ended, with the local Churches at the center of the missionary horizon, in a 155-point Document that the Pope decided to launch without an Apostolic Exhortation.

Francisco Otamendi

27 Oct 2024

"Dilexit nos", returning to Jesus Christ in the face of spiritualities without a personal relationship with God.

Pope Francis publishes his fourth encyclical, "Dilexit nos", on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Javier García Herrería

24 Oct 2024

Cardinals Ambongo and Radcliffe to lead the last phase of the Synod

The synodal briefings concluded with a clarification by Cardinal Ambongo, president of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, on the diaconate of women; another by the same cardinal on an alleged comment by Cardinal-elect Father Radcliffe on hypothetical pressures on African bishops; a clarification by Father Timothy Radcliffe; and the presentation of more than 1,000 amendments to the final draft.

Francisco Otamendi

24 Oct 2024

Francis asks for the power of the Holy Spirit for marriages and families

With a reminder of yesterday's memory of St. John Paul II, whom he once again called "the Pope of families," Pope Francis invoked this morning at the General Audience the power of the Holy Spirit to renew the love of Christian marriages. In addition, the Pope prayed intensely for peace, after receiving statistics on the dead in Ukraine.

Francisco Otamendi

23 Oct 2024

Pope's Travels

The day I was a Swiss Guard

Papua New Guinea, second stop on Pope Francis' trip

“You don’t need to be rich or powerful, just have love,” says the Pope in Mongolia

Pope Francis in Marseille, plurality as a resource

Hungary: Pope Francis' next destination

Poverty, tensions and women: challenges ahead of the Pope's visit to Africa

The Catholic Church in Congo and South Sudan

The Pope travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. “Mbote François”, Okay, now, welcome!

Pope Francis and initiatives for dialogue with Islam

Interreligious and ecumenical dialogue, a weapon to defuse any conflict

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

Francisco Otamendi