Speaking at the Vatican on 25 August, Pope Francis said, “If someone commits evil against his people, he will be guilty of that, but he cannot have committed evil just because he prayed.”
Every Christian, but especially seminarians, should set aside their screens regularly and spend time with a book of literature or poetry, Pope Francis has said.
The Holy Father reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St Mark (6:7-13) about the mission of the twelve disciples in which Jesus sent them out “two by two” and told them “to take nothing for the journey” but only what was necessary.
Pope Francis said he will open the Holy Year at the Vatican on 24 December this year and close it 6 January 2026, on the feast of Epiphany.
Scholars overseeing archives and managing libraries must have “a great openness to discussion and dialogue,” Pope Francis told professors and students from the Vatican’s archival and library sciences schools on 13 May.
The Holy Fathers message expanded on the theme chosen for this year’s world day which was taken from the Book of Psalms: “Do not cast me off in my old age.”
When Catholics carry the Eucharist through the streets, “we are not doing this to show off or to flaunt our faith” but to invite others to share in the life that Jesus gives by making himself a gift, Pope Francis said.