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Twenty years on and families still must fight for disabled
Everyone connected to disability, writes Barbara Harris, is invited to a free forum on Tuesday, July 30 – a chance to meet and talk with others…
Pope tells Brazil’s bishops to speak with simple language, love
Acknowledging the Catholic Church’s heavy loss of members in Brazil over recent decades, Pope Francis told the country’s bishops that they must learn to understand and sympathize with the reasons for people’s disaffection and speak to them in a simpler language of beauty, mystery and love.
For many pilgrims, the journey of World Youth Day is ageless
In the sea of young people on Copacabana beach were many who said faith is ageless. “There is no age limit for youth.,” said Cynthia Doss, 54. “You are always as young as you feel, and age does not have an effect on our faith.”
Christ’s cross eases suffering, teaches love, pope tells youths
With his cross and resurrection, Christ promises to walk with and ease the burden of every suffering person, whether that suffering comes from violence, addiction, a broken family, hunger, persecution or the death of a loved one, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells bishops, other ministers fidelity is key to evangelization
With the young pilgrims of World Youth Day, Pope Francis was encouraging and challenging; with the bishops, priests and religious who minister to them he was firm and blunt.
Krakow, Poland, to host World Youth 2016
Krakow, Poland, will be the site of the next World Youth Day, in 2016. Pope Francis made the announcement shortly after celebrating the final Mass of this year’s World Youth Day before a crowd of more than 3 million people on Copacabana beach.
Penitents, prisoners and pilgrims: Pope meets youth up close
Pope Francis spent the morning and early afternoon of July 26 with about two dozen young people from different countries and diverse backgrounds, in a range of encounters that illustrated his characteristic emphasis on inclusion and reconciliation.
Pope honors grandparents, leads prayers for families
The 76-year-old Pope Francis went to World Youth Day with grandparents, or at least society’s elders, on his mind, and he honored them in a special way July 26, the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne and Grandparents Day in many countries.
A million young people jam Rio’s Copacabana beach to try to see pope
One million people braved the rain to hear Pope Francis that evening on the beach for a World Youth Day welcoming ceremony. Despite problems with transport and loudspeakers, pilgrims stood patiently and cheered at the pope’s words.
On stormy seashore, pope invites young people to follow Jesus
Even at its stormiest, the Sea of Galilee doesn’t have waves like those pounding Copacabana beach, but Pope Francis asked young Catholics to imagine they were with Jesus on the seashore and he was asking them to follow him and share his love with others.
