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"Let us begin this journey
of brotherhood in love, and mutual trust."

(Pope Francis first speech as pope)

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Communication Faith

Faith sets us on a journey

By Pope Francis Journey on January 28, 2020

Far from making us in flexible, the security of faith sets us on a journey; it enables witness and dialogue with all.
– Pope Francis, The Church of Mercy

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Humility Shame Sin

We should be displeased with ourselves when we commit sin

By Pope Francis Journey on January 28, 2020

“Search within your heart for what is pleasing to God. Your heart must be crushed. The impure heart must be destroyed so that the pure one may be created. We should be displeased with ourselves when we commit sin, for sin is displeasing to God.
– Pope Francis, The Name…

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Change Joy Love

Joy adapts and changes

By Pope Francis Journey on January 27, 2020

“Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

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Church Economic Justice Ecumenism Faith

Know the suffering Christ

By Pope Francis Journey on January 27, 2020

Benedict XVI – “Our Christian faith in a God who became poor for us, so as to enrich us with his poverty.” This is why I want a church that is poor and for the poor. They have much to teach us. In their difficulties they know the suffering…

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The symbol of everything that is seemingly important

By Pope Francis Journey on January 27, 2020

Mercy is greater than prejudice. Jesus is so very merciful. The symbol of everything that is seemingly important, but loses all its value before the “love of God.” We all have one, or more than one! The one that weighs you down, that distances you from God?”

~ Pope Francis

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Beliefs Holy Spirit Jesus Truth

Let us invoke the Holy Spirit every day

By Pope Francis Journey on January 27, 2020

“We are not Christian “part-time,” only at certain moments, in certain circumstances, in certain decisions; no one can be Christian in this way. We are Christian all the time! Totally! May Christ’s truth, which the Holy Spirit teaches us and gives to us, always and totally affect our daily…

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Hope Humility Patience

Am I humble enough?

By Pope Francis Journey on January 27, 2020

“Am I humble enough to patiently stitch up, through sacrifice, the open wounds and communion?”

– Pope Francis

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We are called to show mercy because mercy has first been shown to us

By Pope Francis Journey on January 27, 2020

“Should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?” So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart. Mercy is not only an action of the Father, it becomes…

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The working of the Holy Spirit

By Pope Francis Journey on January 26, 2020

Three words linked to the working of the Holy Spirit: newness, harmony, and mission.
– Pope Francis, The Church of Mercy

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You’re the one who gave me the bad example

By Pope Francis Journey on January 26, 2020

“Lord, forgive me if I have forgiven too much. But you’re the one who gave me the bad example!”
– Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

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If we lose our memory, we destroy our future. May the anniversary of the Holocaust, the unspeakable cruelty that humanity learned of 75 years ago, serve as a summons to pause, to be still and to remember. We need to do this, lest we become indifferent. #DayofMemory

10:30 am · January 27, 2020

Pope Francis

God’s Word consoles and encourages us, it challenges us, frees us from the bondage of our selfishness and summons us to conversion; because it has the power to change our lives and to lead us out of darkness into the light. #SundayoftheWordofGod

1:00 pm · January 26, 2020

Pope Francis

Let us make room for the Word of God! Each day, let us read a verse or two of the Bible. We will discover that God is close to us, that He dispels our darkness and, with great love, leads our lives into deep waters. #SundayoftheWordofGod

12:45 pm · January 26, 2020

Pope Francis

We need God’s Word: so that we can hear, amid the thousands of other words in our daily lives, that one Word that speaks to us not about things, but about life. #SundayoftheWordofGod w2.vatican.va/conten…

12:30 pm · January 26, 2020

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The Lord gives you his Word, so that you can receive it like a love letter he has written to you, to help you realize that he is at your side. #SundayoftheWordofGod

12:18 pm · January 26, 2020

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From this Week of Prayer for #ChristianUnity we want to learn to be more hospitable, in the first place among ourselves as Christians, and among our brothers and sisters of different confessions. Hospitality belongs to the tradition of Christian communities and families.

5:30 pm · January 25, 2020

Pope Francis

The Bible is the great love story between God and humanity. At its centre stands Jesus, whose own story brings to fulfilment both God’s love for us and our love for God.

12:30 pm · January 25, 2020

Pope Francis

Envy and jealousy are seeds that generate war. Let us ask for the grace to have a transparent heart, like that of David, a transparent heart that seeks justice and peace. #SantaMarta

7:43 am · January 25, 2020

Pope Francis

This year I want to dedicate World Communications Day to the theme of storytelling. In order not to get lost, we must make the truth of good stories our own. Stories that build up and help us find our roots and the strength to move forward together. vatican.va/content/f…

11:22 am · January 24, 2020

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Ecumenical hospitality requires a willingness to listen to other Christians, paying attention to their personal stories of faith and to the history of their community.

12:30 pm · January 23, 2020

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Working together to practice hospitality, especially towards those whose lives are most vulnerable, will make us better human beings, better disciples, and a more united Christian people. #General Audience

1:30 pm · January 22, 2020

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This year, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is dedicated to the theme of hospitality. #GeneralAudience

12:30 pm · January 22, 2020

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Through Baptism, we Christians are all anointed by the election of the Lord, and this is a pure gift. Today let us ask the Holy Spirit to be able to preserve this gift with faithfulness. This is Christian holiness. #HomilySantaMarta

12:18 pm · January 21, 2020

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Being Christian does not mean defending yourself with an ideology in order to move forward. To be Christian is to be free, because we have confidence, because we are docile to the Word of the Lord. #HomilySantaMarta

12:14 pm · January 20, 2020

Pope Francis

Let us pause at #GospelofToday (John 1,29-34), perhaps even contemplating an icon of Christ, Son of God made lamb, to free us from evil. Yes, we are still poor sinners but not slaves, no, but children, children of God!

12:44 pm · January 19, 2020

Pope Francis

Whoever has faith feels a great need for God and, in our own smallness, we surrender ourselves, trusting fully in Him.

12:30 pm · January 18, 2020

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Jesus looks at the paralytic and focuses on what is essential: "Your sins are forgiven". Physical health is a gift that we must preserve but the Lord teaches us that we must also preserve the health of the heart, spiritual health. #HomilySantaMarta

11:14 am · January 17, 2020

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The Lord has so much compassion, He involves Himself in our problems. Let us often repeat this simple prayer: Lord, I am a sinner, have mercy on me, have compassion for me. #HomilySantaMarta

12:22 pm · January 16, 2020

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May the Holy Spirit revive in each of us the call to be courageous and joyful evangelizers. #GeneralAudience

12:30 pm · January 15, 2020

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Jesus had authority because there was consistency in what he taught and what he did, in how he lived. Authority is seen in this: consistency and witness. #HomilySantaMarta

10:01 am · January 14, 2020

Pope Francis

In the Christian life, it is not enough to be knowledgeable: unless we step out of ourselves, unless we worship, we cannot not know God. Christian life is a love story with God.

12:30 pm · January 13, 2020

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On the Feast of the #BaptismoftheLord, we rediscover our Baptism. Just as Jesus is the Father’s beloved Son, we too, reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, know that we are beloved children of God, brothers and sisters among many other brothers and sisters.

12:30 pm · January 12, 2020

Pope Francis

In worship, we make it possible for the Lord to transform us by His love, to kindle light amid our darkness, to grant us strength in weakness and courage amid trials.

1:30 pm · January 11, 2020

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Worship means going to Jesus without a list of petitions, but with one request alone: to abide with Him. In worship, we allow Jesus to heal and change us.

12:30 pm · January 11, 2020

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Worship means bending low before the Most High and to discover in His presence that life’s greatness does not consist in having, but in loving.

12:30 pm · January 10, 2020

Pope Francis

In worship, we learn to reject what should not be worshiped: the god of money, the god of consumerism, the god of pleasure, the god of success, the god of self.

11:30 am · January 10, 2020

Pope Francis

Hope is not utopian and peace is a good that can always be attained. w2.vatican.va/conten…

12:30 pm · January 9, 2020

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If we have no peace in our hearts, how can we think there will be peace in the world? Let's try to remain in the Lord, and the way to do so is to love, and to love in little things. #HomilySantaMarta

11:04 am · January 9, 2020

Pope Francis

Worship means bringing our lives to the Lord, and allowing Him enter into them. It means letting His consolation come down to earth, and letting ourselves be pervaded by His tender love.

12:30 pm · January 8, 2020

Pope Francis

Worship involves making an exodus from the greatest form of bondage: slavery to oneself. Worship means putting the Lord at the centre, not ourselves.

11:30 am · January 8, 2020

Pope Francis

So many people live without knowing what goes on in their hearts. We ask for the grace to remain in the Lord and to distinguish the Spirit of God from the spirit of the world, so that our heart may be the meeting point between God and us. #HomilySantaMarta

11:15 am · January 7, 2020

Pope Francis

I address a special thought to the brothers of the Eastern Churches, Catholic and Orthodox, who today celebrate the Lord's Christmas. To all I wish the light and peace of Christ the Saviour.

10:30 am · January 7, 2020

Pope Francis

In worshiping, we too will discover, like the Magi, the meaning of our journey. And like the Magi, we too will experience “a great joy” (Mt 2:10).

1:30 pm · January 6, 2020

Pope Francis

Worship means concentrating on what is essential: ridding ourselves of useless things and addictions that anesthetize the heart and confound the mind.

12:30 pm · January 6, 2020

Pope Francis

The #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 2:1-12) teaches us that, when we do not worship God, we end up worshiping ourselves. This is a grave risk: we use God instead of serving Him.

11:30 am · January 6, 2020

Pope Francis

This is the meaning of Christmas. If the Lord continues to come among us and give us the gift of His Word, it is so that each of us can respond to this call: to become saints in love. #Angelus

12:30 pm · January 5, 2020

Pope Francis

We must believe that others need peace just as much as we do. Peace will not be obtained unless it is hoped for. Let us ask the Lord for the gift of peace!

12:30 pm · January 4, 2020

Pope Francis

Salvation is in the name of Jesus. We must testify to this: He is the only Saviour.

1:00 pm · January 3, 2020

Pope Francis

“Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28). Message for the XXVIII World Day of the Sick w2.vatican.va/conten…

11:30 am · January 3, 2020

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3:15 pm · January 2, 2020

Pope Francis

Let us ask for the grace to live this year with the desire to take others to heart and to care for them.

1:30 pm · January 2, 2020

Pope Francis

Jesus, newly born, was mirrored in the face of His mother. From her, He received His first caresses; with her, He exchanged the first smiles. With her began the revolution of tenderness. The Church, looking at the Baby Jesus, is called to continue that revolution.

12:30 pm · January 2, 2020

Pope Francis

May Mary, Mother of the Prince of Peace and Mother of all the peoples of the earth, accompany and sustain us at every step of our journey of reconciliation. w2.vatican.va/conten…

2:30 pm · January 1, 2020

Pope Francis

Today we invoke the Mother of God, who gathers us together as a people of believers. O Mother, give birth to hope within us and bring us unity. Woman of salvation, to you we entrust this year. Keep it in your heart. w2.vatican.va/conten…

1:30 pm · January 1, 2020

Pope Francis

In the womb of a woman, God and mankind are united, never to be separated again. In God, there will forever be our humanity and Mary will forever be the Mother of God.

12:30 pm · January 1, 2020

Pope Francis

Let us begin the year in the sign of Our Lady, the woman who wove the humanity of God. The rebirth of humanity began with woman. If we want to weave humanity into the webs of our day, we must begin again with woman.

11:30 am · January 1, 2020

Pope Francis

Let us give thanks to God for His grace, which has sustained us in this past year, and with joy let us raise a song of praise to Him. vatican.va/content/f…

3:55 pm · December 31, 2019

Pope Francis

It is beautiful to stand before the nativity scene, and there to entrust our lives to the Lord, to speak to Him about the people and situations we care about, to take stock with Him of the year that is ending, to share our expectations and concerns. #Nativityscene

12:30 pm · December 31, 2019

Pope Francis

In its genuine simplicity, the nativity scene reminds us it is not the quantity of things that counts in life, but the quality of relationships. Drawing our gaze to God, who is poor in possessions and rich in love, it recalls us to what is essential. #Nativityscene

12:30 pm · December 30, 2019

Pope Francis

Today, let us entrust to the Holy Family all the world’s families, especially those tried by suffering or by discomfort, and let us invoke divine protection on them.

12:30 pm · December 29, 2019

Pope Francis

Bethlehem means "house of bread." The nativity scene we set up at home reminds us that Jesus is the bread of life: He is the one who nourishes our love, He is the one who gives our families the strength to go on and to forgive us. #Nativityscene

12:30 pm · December 28, 2019

Pope Francis

The nativity scene reminds us how important it is to stop and contemplate. Because only when we recollect ourselves can we embrace what counts in life. Only if we leave the noise of the world outside can we open ourselves to listening to God, who speaks in silence. #Nativityscene

12:30 pm · December 27, 2019

Pope Francis

Today we celebrate the feast of St Stephen, the first martyr. This young servant of the Gospel, filled with the Holy Spirit, knew how to speak about Jesus in word, and above all with his life.

1:04 pm · December 26, 2019

Pope Francis

May Emmanuel bring light to all the suffering members of our human family.May He soften our often stony and self-centred hearts,and make them channels of His love.On this joyful day,may He bring His tenderness to all and brighten the darkness of this world.w2.vatican.va/conten…

12:00 pm · December 25, 2019

Pope Francis

To listen to the Urbi et Orbi vaticannews.va/en.ht…

10:55 am · December 25, 2019

Pope Francis

Today is the right day to draw near to the tabernacle, the crèche, the manger, and to say thank you. Let us receive the gift that is Jesus, in order then to become gift like Jesus. To become gift is to give meaning to life. w2.vatican.va/conten…

9:00 am · December 25, 2019

Pope Francis

Dear brother, dear sister, if your hands seem empty, if you think your heart is poor in love, this night is for you. The grace of God has appeared to shine forth in your life. Accept it and the light of Christmas will shine forth in you.

11:15 pm · December 24, 2019

Pope Francis

Tonight, in the beauty of God's love, we also discover our own beauty, for we are beloved of God. In His eyes we are beautiful: not for what we do but for what we are. w2.vatican.va/conten…

11:00 pm · December 24, 2019

Pope Francis

Tonight the love of God has been revealed to us. In Jesus, the Most High made Himself small, so that we might love Him. In Jesus, God made Himself a Child, so that we might embrace Him.

10:45 pm · December 24, 2019

Pope Francis

I hope that setting up a nativity scene may be an opportunity for you to invite Jesus into your life. Because if He inhabits it, life is reborn. And it really is Christmas. #Nativityscene

12:15 pm · December 24, 2019

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