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When it comes to happiness, there’s no app for that, pope tells teens

Vatican City (CNS) — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:56:10 +0000

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Happiness “is not an ‘app’ that you can download on your phones nor will the latest update help you become free and great in loving,” Pope Francis told thousands of teenagers.echo $variable;

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Share truth of family with mercy, help those struggling, pope says

Vatican City (CNS) — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:39:02 +0000

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly anticipated postsynodal apostolic exhortation.echo $variable;

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God is greater than our sins, pope says at general audience

Vatican City (CNS) — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:20:19 +0000

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The power of God’s forgiveness “is greater than our sins,” Pope Francis said.
Christians have “the certainty that he will never abandon us,” the pope said at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 30.echo $variable;

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Pope condemns ‘cruel abominations’ of Belgium attacks

Vatican City (CNS) — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:00:59 +0000

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Assuring his prayers for the victims and families of the terrorist attack in Brussels, Pope Francis condemned the “cruel abominations” and prayed for the conversion of those who adhere to violent fundamentalism.echo $variable;

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In his passion, Jesus reveals the God of mercy, pope says

Vatican City (CNS) — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:00:38 +0000

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just as the crowds and government officials tried to dodge responsibility for Jesus’ fate after he was arrested, so today too many individuals and countries want someone else to care for refugees fleeing violence and migrants seeking a better life, Pope Francis said.echo $variable;

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Mother Teresa to be canonized Sept. 4; pope sets other sainthood dates

Vatican City (CNS) — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:32:41 +0000

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Kolkata a saint at the Vatican Sept. 4.
The date was announced March 15 during an “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.echo $variable;

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Follow Christ on the path of forgiveness, not vengeance, pope says

Vatican City (CNS) — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:54:36 +0000

By Junno Arocho Esteves

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To follow a path toward Christ, one must follow the good path of forgiveness, peace and solidarity, and avoid following the evil path of vengeance, war and selfishness, Pope Francis told hundreds of Italian children.echo $variable;

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In Peace Day message, pope addresses death penalty, debt, migrants

Vatican City (CNS) — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 21:25:29 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called for abolishing the death penalty worldwide, lifting the burden of debt on poor nations, global aid policies that respect life and revamped laws that welcome and integrate migrants. He urged individuals, communities and nations to not let indifference, information overload or pessimism discourage them from concrete efforts “to

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No justification for terrorist attacks – Pope

Vatican City (CNS) — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:08:09 +0000

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Using God’s name to try to justify violence and murder is “blasphemy,” Pope Francis said Nov. 15 speaking about the terrorist attacks on Paris. “Such barbarity leaves us dismayed and we ask ourselves how the human heart can plan and carry out such horrible events,” the pope said

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Second Vatican Council participants hand legacy on to new generation

Vatican City (CNS) — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:38:25 +0000

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A group of young adults from North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia received scrolls commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World; dangling from the ribbon around each scroll was a flash drive containing the entire text of the document.echo $variable;

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