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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When receiving the Eucharist, Catholics should respond with gratitude and awe that Jesus offers himself as nourishment and salvation, Pope Francis said. Jesus “becomes true food and true drink,” the pope said. “Thank you, Lord Jesus! Let’s say, ‘Thank you, thank you’ with all our heart,” he told visitors and pilgrims…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to be close to their brothers and sisters in the faith, especially to those who are wounded by “injustice, abuse, hatred,” Pope Francis said. “The whole of humanity, now more than ever, needs the good news of peace, and every Christian is called to announce and share it,”…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Mary is not a “motionless wax statue,” but a disciple who wants to share the good news of Jesus with everyone and reaches out to help and comfort them, Pope Francis said. Reciting the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter’s Square Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption, the pope…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God will not judge people by how many university degrees they earned, but by how well they cared for the poor, Pope Francis told a group of priests and religious women. “The Lord won’t ask us, ‘What did you study?’ ‘How many degrees do you have?’ ‘How many works did you…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the world braced for Iran to retaliate for the assassination of a Hamas leader who was staying in the Iranian capital, the Vatican secretary of state pleaded with Iran’s new president not to escalate the Middle East conflict. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, spoke by telephone with Iranian…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Prejudices and preconceptions can block people from finding faith, Pope Francis said, even to the point of making them unable to recognize God standing before them. In the Gospel, the Judeans, who were “scandalized” when Jesus told them he came down from heaven, “are obstructed in their faith by their preconception…