Getting to know someone who is a refugee can wipe away fears and dismantle distorted ideologies, Pope Francis said. Highlighting World Refugee Day, which is marked June 20, the pope asked that “concrete attention...
Christians who acknowledge their own weakness and limitations will find the saving power of God’s strength, Pope Francis said. However, recognising one’s own vulnerability is “one of the most difficult things in life,” and...
In good times and in bad, prayer and patience can keep hope alive, Pope Francis said. God is close to those who suffer with patient hope and helps Christians see truly “beautiful moments” in...
True consolation is a gift that cannot be received or given by warmongers, the unmerciful and the closed-hearted, Pope Francis said. Celebrating morning Mass, the pope reflected on St. Matthew’s account of the Beatitudes...
The Christian road map for life’s journey is to keep Jesus in one’s heart, one’s eyes on heaven and one’s feet on the ground, spreading the Gospel, Pope Francis said. “Christian life will be...
Violence and hatred often are signs that a person is unhappy and feels unloved and unwanted, Pope Francis said. In today’s world, people – especially children and youths – often feel that unless “we...
The mystery of God’s fatherly love is a great revolution, pope says The mystery of God’s relationship with humankind is revolutionary in that Christians can look to him without fear as children to a...
Works of mercy are not a way of easing one’s conscience but are acts of suffering with those who suffer, Pope Francis said. Being merciful toward others means not only sharing in their pain...
Lucy Ruben, Pretoria – It was with dismay that we read the pope’s comments on the apparition and messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje (May 24), and to not even visit this small village...
Pope Francis will not visit South Sudan in October with Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury as he had hoped, the Vatican spokesman said. Greg Burke, the spokesman, told reporters May 30 the trip...
The diabolical language of hypocrisy, which ensnares others through flattery, has the power to destroy Christian communities, Pope Francis said. Like the Pharisees who spoke to Jesus with soothing words of adulation, Christians who...
This is what people love and seek – a god “that looks like us, understandable, predictable,” even though “it can do nothing – impotent and deceitful.” Watch out for the tempting promises and easy...
