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Pope at Santa Marta: Walking in Truth and Love

November 14, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope at Santa Marta: Walking in Truth and Love

(Vatican Radio) Actions speak louder than words, particularly in transmitting the faith to children and young people today, the so-called ‘digital natives’. If we want to help them experience “truth and love” then we adults must lead by example, said Pope Francis at morning Mass. It was a very special celebration in the Santa Marta Chapel Friday, with the pews filled with children from a local Roman parish. After an initial awkwardness, the children overcame their shyness to engage in a lively question and answer session with the Holy Father. Looking out over them he said that it was like “looking at a promise, looking at the world to come”. Then Pope Francis asked the question: “what will we leave…Continue Reading

Pope at Santa Marta: The Kingdom of God Within Us

November 13, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope at Santa Marta: The Kingdom of God Within Us

(Vatican Radio) The Kingdom of God is growing every day thanks to those who witness without making any “noise”, praying and living their faith in the family, at work, in communities, said Pope Francis at morning Mass, Thursday in Casa Santa Marta. In the silence of a home, where there may only be 50 cents left until the end of the month, but where there is always prayer, care for children and grandparents, there is the Kingdom of God. Far from the noise of the crowd, because the Kingdom of God “does not attract attention” in the same way a seed that grows underground does not attract [attention]. Pope Francis based his homily on the Gospel of the Day from…Continue Reading

Pope At Santa Marta: Unprofitable Servants

November 12, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope At Santa Marta: Unprofitable Servants

(Vatican Radio) We must resist temptations that distance us from our service to others. Instead, like Jesus, we must serve without asking for anything in return and avoid transforming our service “into a power structure”. This was the focus of Pope Francis’s reflections at Mass Tuesday morning in Casa Santa Marta. The Pope based his homily on the Gospel of the Day from St Luke which recounts Jess parable of the “unprofitable servant”. Pope Francis said it teaches us what service means for a Christian.   Jesus speaks of a servant who, after working all day, comes home and instead of resting still has to serve his master: “Some of us would advise this servant to go to his trade union…Continue Reading

Pope At Santa Marta: Scandal, Forgiveness And Faith

November 11, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope At Santa Marta: Scandal, Forgiveness And Faith

(Vatican Radio) Every Christian, whatever his or her vocation, must be able to always forgive and never cause scandal, because “scandal destroys the faith”, said Pope Francis at Monday morning Mass in Casa Santa Marta. Emer McCarthy reports listen: The Pope was commenting on the Gospel of the Day in which Christ says to the Apostles “It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin”.  Pope Francis said that Jesus chose to be blunt rather than polite to get the message through to the Apostles. The Pope then divided his homily into three key words: scandal,…Continue Reading

Pope Francis: “We Need Bridges, Not Walls!”

November 10, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: “We Need Bridges, Not Walls!”

Commemorates Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall During Angelus Address Vatican City, November 09, 2014 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves In his Angelus address today, Pope Francis remembered the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, calling on the world to spread a “culture of encounter.” The Holy Father began his address recalling the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, which the Catholic Church celebrates today. The Basilica is the Cathedral Church of Rome and the ecclesiastical seat of its Bishop, the Pope. Dedicated by Pope Sylvester I in 324, it is the oldest church in the West. Noting that the basilica is known as the “mother of all Churches”, the Pope said that this…Continue Reading

On the Feast of the Lateran Basilica

November 9, 2014 breaking Comments Off on On the Feast of the Lateran Basilica

“With this feast, therefore, we profess, in the unity of the faith, the bond of communion that all the local Churches, spread throughouth the earth, has with the Church of Rome and with its Bishop, the successor to Peter.” Vatican City, November 09, 2014 (Zenit.org) Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Today the liturgy recalls the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of Rome, that tradition defines as “the mother of all Churches of “Urbe et Orbe”[the City and the World]. The word “mother” refers not only to the sacred edifice of the Basilica, but to the work of the Holy Spirit that is manifested in this building, bearing fruit through the ministry of the Bishop of Rome, in…Continue Reading

Its Official . . . His Eminence Cardinal Burke OUT

November 8, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Its Official . . . His Eminence Cardinal Burke OUT

2014-11-08 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) The Holy Father has named Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, until now Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, as Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. At the same time, His Holiness named Archbishop Dominique Mamberti as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. Archbishop Mamberti had been serving as Secretary for Relations with States. Finally, the Supreme Pontiff has named as Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, who has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia. (from Vatican Radio)

Pope at Santa Marta: God goes to the limit so no one should be lost

November 8, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope at Santa Marta: God goes to the limit so no one should be lost

(Vatican Radio) The true Christian is not afraid to get his hands dirty by reaching out to sinners, even at the risk of losing his reputation, because as the parable of the Good Shepherd teaches us, no one should be lost, said Pope Francis at Mass on Thursday morning. Pope Francis based his homily on the two parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin. The Pharisees and scribes were scandalized because Jesus “welcomes sinners and eats with them”. “It was quite a scandal at the time, for these people,” observed the Pope. “Just imagine if there had been press at that time!”. “But Jesus came for this very reason: to look for those who had strayed from the…Continue Reading

Pope At Santa Marta: Enemies Of The Cross Of Christ

November 7, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope At Santa Marta: Enemies Of The Cross Of Christ

2014-11-07 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Even today there are “pagan Christians” who “behave like enemies of the Cross of Christ”, said Pope Francis at morning Mass Friday at Casa Santa Marta, warning that we must guard against the temptations of a worldly society that lead us to ruin. Pope Francis was inspired by the words of St. Paul to the Philippians to dwell on two groups of Christians, still present today as they were in the time of the Apostle of the Gentiles. Christians who go forward in faith and Christians who “live like enemies of the Cross of Christ”. “Both groups – he said – were in the Church together, they went to Mass on Sunday, they praised the…Continue Reading

Pope Francis to Venerate Shroud of Turin in June 2015

November 6, 2014 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis to Venerate Shroud of Turin in June 2015

Will Also Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of St. John Bosco’s birth Vatican City, November 05, 2014 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves Pope Francis plans to visit Turin, Italy, in June 2015. The Holy Father made the announcement while greeting the Italian pilgrims during his Wednesday General Audience today. “I am pleased to announce that, God willing, on June 21st I will go on a pilgrimage to Turin to venerate the Holy Shroud and honor Saint John Bosco, on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth,” the Pope said. Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin as well as the mayor of Turin, Piero Fassino ,were present in St. Peter’s Square. They will be holding a press conference on next year’s exposition of the Shroud…Continue Reading