Pope: Love the Lord by Loving the Poor
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Wars, famine and calamities of every kind can tempt Christians to a paralysing fear that...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Wars, famine and calamities of every kind can tempt Christians to a paralysing fear that...
By Carol Glatz, CNS – War produces tremendous poverty, and its violence strikes those who are defenceless and vulnerable, Pope...
On the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis urged Christians to be “tireless builders of hope” amid the darkness...
Pope Francis plans to prepare for his celebration of the World Day of the Poor by meeting with and listening...
By Carol Glatz – Poverty is the result of people’s selfishness; it is not “fate” or the fault of the poor,...
Pope Francis said that the needy are at the heart of the Gospel as he celebrated a Mass marking the...
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