Pope Francis: EU commission guide discouraging word ‘Christmas’ was an anachronism
Pope Francis said on Monday that a withdrawn document discouraging European Commission staff from using the word “Christmas” was an “anachronism,”
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Pope Francis to youth in Greece: Don’t be ‘prisoners of the cell phone’
Pope Francis urged young people in
Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit
From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a “shipwreck of civilization.”
Pope Francis apologizes for mistakes of Catholics in meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens, Greece
Pope Francis apologized for the ways
Pope Francis decries global ‘retreat from democracy’ in Athens speech
Pope Francis lamented a global “retreat from democracy” in a speech on Saturday in Athens, the cradle of Western civilization.
Advent and our ultimate goal
We have to be more sharply and continually aware that all the things in our life serve simply as the occasions where Christ is intervening in our life to create and redeem us, to shape us to be like him. And that’s because the basics and essentials, the absolute, old and the permanent truths, which we may already know, will always have to cope and somehow need to get enriched by the incidentals in life, by the relative, innovative and changing things. Peter urges us to go on with our formation: “Strive diligently to supply your faith with virtue, your virtue with knowledge, your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with patience, your patience with piety, your piety with fraternal love, your fraternal love with charity.” (1,5-7) And as we all know, charity is a never-ending affair, ever making new demands on us, and introducing us to more aspects, dimensions and challenges in life.
Pope Francis to Catholics in Cyprus: ‘Jesus alone frees the heart from evil’
Pope Francis said on Friday that “Jesus alone frees the heart from evil” as he celebrated Mass in the divided capital city of Cyprus.
Pope Francis to Orthodox bishops in Cyprus: Let us seek full unity
In a meeting with Orthodox bishops in Cyprus on Friday, Pope Francis expressed the desire that the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church will continue to journey toward full unity.
Pope Francis invites Catholics in Cyprus to be agents of fraternity
On his first day in Cyprus, Pope Francis invited the Catholic community to promote a spirit of fraternity in the island country, which is divided by a U.N. buffer zone.
Pope Francis tells Cypriot authorities he is praying for ‘the peace of the entire island’
Pope Francis told Cypriot authorities on Thursday that he is praying for “the peace of the entire island.”
