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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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General Audience Pope Holy Wednesday 2024

Pope prays for peace before Israelis and Arabs with daughters killed in war

During the Audience of this Holy Wednesday, the Pope invited us to contemplate Christ crucified in order to assimilate his infinite patient love, and presented the testimony of Arab and Israeli parents who have lost their daughters in the war, and are friends. He also asked to pray for the innocent victims of the war in the Holy Land, and greeted in a special way the participants in the UNIV 2024 congress.  

Francisco Otamendi

27 Mar 2024

Youth

Pope Francis encourages young people to regain hope

Five years ago, Pope Francis published his apostolic exhortation "Christus vivit", addressed to all the young people of the world. On March 25, 2024, he also wanted to address the new generations of the Church to encourage them to regain hope.

Paloma López Campos

25 Mar 2024

Palm Sunday. Pope asks us to open our hearts to Jesus

The Pontiff replaced the homily at this Palm Sunday Mass with silence and prayer. Before, he blessed the traditional palms and olive branches for the procession in St. Peter's Square. The Holy Father said that Jesus entered Jerusalem as a humble and peaceful King. "Only He can free us from enmity, hatred, violence, because He is mercy and forgiveness of sins." 

Francisco Otamendi

24 Mar 2024

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Francis entrusts the Church, Ukraine and the Holy Land to St. Joseph

The Pope entrusted to St. Joseph "the Church and the whole world," all the Fathers, and "the peoples of Ukraine and the Holy Land" in today's Audience. In his catechesis, he asked for the cardinal virtue of prudence, to keep us "grounded in Christ", and launched a message of protection of life, "from its birth in the womb to its natural end".    

Francisco Otamendi

20 Mar 2024

"Glory is to love to the point of giving one's life," Pope says

As he does every Sunday, Pope Francis prayed the Angelus and offered a brief reflection on today's Gospel.

Loreto Rios

17 Mar 2024

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Synod of Synodality moves toward second assembly

The Synod on Synodality continues to move forward. On March 14, the Vatican published documents related to new working groups that will deepen some topics, such as the relationship between the universal and local Church or the impact of new technologies.

Paloma López Campos

15 Mar 2024

Cabrini, the life of a saint who changed the world

Maria José Atienza

14 Mar 2024

Pope proposes to cultivate virtues: "The human being is made for the good".

In this morning's audience, the Pope began a cycle of catechesis dedicated to the virtues, after having concluded last Wednesday the one on vices. On this, the eleventh anniversary of his election as Pope, Francis recalled that virtue is a gift that can be cultivated through our freedom and our daily choices.

Loreto Rios

13 Mar 2024

Pope invites to rediscover Confession

The Pope recently presided over the annual Lenten celebration "24 Hours for the Lord," dedicated to the sacrament of Penance, during which he personally confessed some of the faithful.

Giovanni Tridente

13 Mar 2024

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States must help women to "embrace the gift of life".

Pope Francis said in the Angelus of the Fourth Sunday of Lent, following International Women's Day, that it is "social and political institutions that have the fundamental duty to protect and promote the dignity of every human being, offering women, bearers of life, the necessary conditions to be able to welcome the gift of life".

Francisco Otamendi

11 Mar 2024

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