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Rome has vocation of dialogue and inclusion, says Pope Francis
The loss of the Papal States and the declaration of Rome as the capital of a united Italy 150 years ago was a “providential” event that changed the city and the church, Pope Francis has said.
Pope Francis: ‘The Gospel is spread by joyful, not bitter Christians’
Bitter or boring evangelisers will not help the Gospel or the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has said this week.
Pope Francis: Protect your health, physically and spiritually
Jesus healed people of all sorts of physical ailments, but he always started with the essential – forgiving their sins, Pope Francis has said recently.
Amid threat of war, world must not give up hope, Pope Francis tells diplomats
Hope is the virtue needed to approach the coming year, especially when the looming threat of war surrounds a humanity scarred by violence, Pope Francis has said.
INTERNATIONAL: Don’t join devil’s game of jealousy, says Pope Francis
The devil is real and is so jealous of Jesus and the salvation Jesus offers that he tries everything he can to divide people and make them attack each other, Pope Francis has this week said.
Church will decay if it does not evangelise, Pope Francis says
By Junno Arocho Esteves
The Catholic Church must follow Jesus' command to preach the Gospel to every person, otherwise it will not fulfil its mission of bearing witness to Christ, Pope Francis said.
In an excerpt of a new book-length interview published on 4 November by Fides, news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, the Holy Father said the phrase he uses – "a Chu...
INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis: Mission is to make disciples for Christ, not for one’s group
Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him, not for oneself or one’s clique of like-minded believers, Pope Francis said.
For communications day, Pope Francis says memories can help unite people
By Paige Hanley
Pope Francis will highlight the important role of memory and storytelling across generations as a way to bring people together in a world marked by discord and division, the Vatican has announced this week.
Pope Francis believes that memory - far from being a static, inflexible recollections of the past - has dynamic and transformative power that can influence and foster uni...
Outgoing Vatican secretary of state stresses continuity between popes
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who as Vatican secretary of state drew rising criticism for failures of the Vatican bureaucracy he oversaw, stepped down Oct. 15 with a speech praising the pontificate of retired Pope Benedict XVI and stressing its continuity with that of Pope Francis.
Pope restricts use of old Mass by Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
Pope Francis’ order restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in communities of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate addresses problems within the religious order and does not contradict retired Pope Benedict XVI’s permission for wider use of the old Mass throughout the church, the Vatican spokesman said.
