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Pope Francis: Vocations are “born within the Church”

December 7, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: Vocations are “born within the Church”

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called on all the faithful to “assume their responsibility” for the care and discernment of vocations. He made his appeal in his Message for the World Day of Vocations 2016, which was released on Monday with the theme “The Church, Mother of Vocations.” “Vocations are born within the Church,” Pope Francis writes. “From the moment a vocation begins to become evident, it is necessary to have an adequate ‘sense’ of the Church” – he continues – “No one is called exclusively for a particular region, or for a group or for an ecclesial movement, but rather for the Church and for the world.” Pope Francis says priests are “especially important” in vocations discernment. “The pastoral…Continue Reading

Pope: may the Paris Conference make choices for the greater good of the whole human family

December 6, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope: may the Paris Conference make choices for the greater good of the whole human family

Vatican City (AsiaNews) – Pope Francis said during this Sunday’s Angelus that he was “closely following” the Climate Change Conference currently underway in Paris, calling for prayer so that stakeholders will have “the courage to hold the greater good of the whole human family as the best standard of choice”. The Holy Father also called for a prayer for Orthodox Christians on the anniversary of the repeal of the mutual excommunications. He has also urged the faithful to devote a thought to persecuted Christians. Before the Angelus, he called for conversion. “We must never stop converting; this is what the Holy Year of Mercy is for.” Speaking about the Paris conference after the Marian prayer, the pontiff cited his Encyclical…Continue Reading

Vatican, World Bank partner to launch Year of Mercy with St. Peter’s ‘climate change’ light show

December 5, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Vatican, World Bank partner to launch Year of Mercy with St. Peter’s ‘climate change’ light show

ROME, December 4, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — The Catholic Church, founded to shed the light of Christ on the world, has quite literally invited the world to shed its light on her. On December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as well as the opening of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis has invited climate-change partisans and population-control advocates to project a light show onto the façade and cupola of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome — the most important church in the Catholic world — so as to “inspire change around the climate crisis.” The show titled “Illuminating Our Common Home” will project onto St. Peter’s “images of our shared natural world” in order to “educate and inspire change…Continue Reading

The Paris Horror: Real and Explicable

December 3, 2015 breaking Comments Off on The Paris Horror: Real and Explicable

There is a film clip of Charles Trenet singing the song he wrote, “La Romance de Paris” in Jean Boyer’s film of the same name, with smiling people gathered round as the accordionist accompanies the swaggering “fou chanteur” with his broad grin and popping eyes. It is charmingly nostalgic until you realize that it is 1941, Paris is occupied, and there probably are Wehrmacht guards behind the cameraman. There are those whose affections and alliances are such that, while an attack on any city is abhorrent, an offense against Paris defaces the essence of lovely life lived well. That is not just the conceit of the untethered Francophile. It was evident in the international shock when the Islamic terrorists struck.…Continue Reading

Pope’s Press Conference on Return Flight From Africa

December 2, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope’s Press Conference on Return Flight From Africa

At the end of his Apostolic Journey to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, Pope Francis met with journalists for a press conference on board the plane, during the return flight from Bangui to Rome. Here is a ZENIT translation of the Vatican transcription of the Pontiff’s conversation with the journalists. * * * Father Lombardi Holy Father, welcome among us for this meeting, which now is a tradition that we all expect. We are very grateful that, after such an intense trip, you still find time for us, and therefore we understand very well how willing you are to help us. However, before beginning with the series of questions I would like also, in the name of colleagues,…Continue Reading

Pope Francis attacks ‘fundamentalist’ Catholics, dismisses condom ban as unimportant

December 1, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis attacks ‘fundamentalist’ Catholics, dismisses condom ban as unimportant

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, November 30, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — On the plane returning from his journey to Africa today Pope Francis made his clearest remarks in condemnation of ‘fundamentalist’ Catholics. “Fundamentalism is a sickness that is in all religions,” Francis said, as reported by the National Catholic Reporter’s Vatican correspondent, Joshua McElwee, and similarly by other journalists on the plane. “We Catholics have some — and not some, many — who believe in the absolute truth and go ahead dirtying the other with calumny, with disinformation, and doing evil.” “They do evil,” said the pope. “I say this because it is my church.” “We have to combat it,” he said. “Religious fundamentalism is not religious, because it lacks God. It…Continue Reading

Pope celebrates closing Mass of African Journey

November 30, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope celebrates closing Mass of African Journey

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday celebrated Mass at Bangui’s Barthélémy Boganda Stadium for thousands of the faithful from the Central African Republic. Speaking of Paul’s missionary zeal in the Letter to the Romans, Pope Francis in his final Mass in the Central African Republic reflected on the great missionary effort which first brought the Gospel to the people of Central Africa. Times of difficulty, trial and suffering remind all of the Lord’s call to come together and “to rejoice in his presence and in the new life and the salvation which he offers us.” “Looking towards the world to come,” he said, “has always been a source of strength for Christians, of the poor, of the least, on their…Continue Reading

Pope Francis Arrives in Central African Republic

November 29, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis Arrives in Central African Republic

Francis Will Open Holy Door in Bangui Before Inauguration of Jubilee of Mercy in Vatican Bangui, November 29, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis has arrived in the Central African Republic, the final leg of his first Apostolic Visit to Africa, after having visited Kenya and Uganda. The Pontiff arrived at the M’poko International Airport in the war-torn nation’s capital of Bangui around 10 a.m. local time, after a nearly three-hour flight from Uganda, and has a full agenda ahead of him. Today, he will meet with authorities and the diplomatic corps, visit the St. Sauveur refugee camp, and privately meet with the nation’s bishops. Tomorrow, will meet with a Muslim community in a mosque and celebrate Mass in…Continue Reading

Pope to young: Jesus can transform walls into a path

November 28, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope to young: Jesus can transform walls into a path

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday encouraged young people in Uganda to turn negative experiences into positive ones with the help of Jesus and his grace. In an address where the Pope ditched his prepared remarks and spoke off-the-cuff in Spanish, he urged the young people to open the door of their hearts to Jesus. More than 150,000 cheering and dancing young people had gathered at an airstrip near Kampala to hear the Pope and gave him a rousing welcome when he arrived in his Popemobile. Before speaking to the crowd, the Pope listened to testimony from two young people, Emmanuel and Winnie, both of whom had faced many negative events in their lives. Please find below a summary in…Continue Reading

Pope Gives Youth Choice: Do You Want to Overcome Challenges or Be Overcome by Them?

November 27, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Gives Youth Choice: Do You Want to Overcome Challenges or Be Overcome by Them?

Throwing Aside Script, Pope Francis Asks Kenya’s Young People If They’ll Allow Difficulties Destroy or Use Them As Opportunities Nairobi, November 27, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis has asked Kenya’s young people how they will respond to the challenges they face, including those of bad tribalism, corruption, and desperation, and challenged them to get out of vicious cycles. Speaking to tens of thousands gathered in Nairobi’s Kasarani Stadium, this morning, the Pope listened to the questions of a young man and woman and, putting aside his prepared script, said that he asks himself something on the basis of all the questions they asked:”Why do divisions, wars and deaths occur? Fanatism, and divisions among young people? Why is there…Continue Reading