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Meeting with tens of thousands of Catholics living in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis urged them to be meek, peaceful and express their Christian identity by loving others.
Blessed: this is the word with which Jesus begins his preaching in Matthew’s Gospel.
Preaching on the Beatitudes during his visit to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, Pope Francis called on those present to seek communion with Christ before all else.
In an officially Muslim nation where Christians are welcomed as guest workers and free to worship, Pope Francis urged leaders of the world’s main religions to embrace a broader vision of free…
Catholics who attend the solemn declaration of the Shrine of La Virgen Milagrosa de Badoc as a “minor basilica” on Feb. 5 can receive a plenary indulgence, the Vatican said.
Pope Francis is set to celebrate the first papal Mass on the Arabian peninsula this week during his Feb. 3-5 visit to Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The sun had set long before Pope Francis arrived in Abu Dhabi Feb. 3, but Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince, and Egyptian Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, still went…
Celebrations leading to the solemn declaration of the Parish Church of Badoc, famously known as the Shrine of “La Virgen Milagrosa de Badoc”, as a minor basilica are ongoing, with Triduum Masses that started yesterday, Feb. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles will preside over the Mass with Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato as homilist. Ericson Josue, the investiture is in compliance with the Norms for the Granting of the Title of Minor Basilica or “Domus Ecclesiae,” which articulates: “The rector of the basilica or the person in charge of it may wear in the exercise of his office — over the cassock or the religious habit and the surplice — a black mozzetta (cape) with red piping, buttons, and button holes” (Domus Ecclesiae, 19).
Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla, a man from a small town in Poland who lost all of his immediate family – mom, older brother, an infant sister, and father – by the time he was …
The joyous harmony of people coming together from so many different nations for World Youth Day stands in sharp contrast to today’s “sad” situation of confrontational nationalist …
