Pope Francis: audience, “fasting is not only losing weight”. It is “getting rid of the superfluous to rediscover the faces of those around us”
Pope Francis: “Feeling compassion for the many innocent victims of wars, in attacks on life”
di M.Michela NicolaisIn his message for Lent Pope Francis called upon the faithful to feel “compassion” for “the many innocent victims of…
Pope Francis: to young priests and monks from Eastern Orthodox Churches, “seeds of faith and hope in regions marked by violence and war”
Pope Francis: to Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, “dictatorships are born and grow without law” but “this cannot happen in the Church”
Pope Francis: to Congregation for Catholic Education, “unite efforts in a broad educational alliance”
Pope Francis: audience, “the earth to inherit with meekness is peace made with a brother”
Pope Francis: “priests wishing to serve as Holy See’s diplomats should carry out one-year missionary service in a diocese”
Pope Francis: to Spanish laity, the Church is not an “NGO”. Europe needs lay people “engaged in the world of culture, politics, industry”. Say no to “clericalism and careerism”
Pope Francis’ “Querida Amazonia”: “The priest alone can preside at the Eucharist.” No to the “clericalization” of women
di M.Michela NicolaisThe role of women, the priest’s exclusive role at presiding the Eucharist, increased participation of the laity in the life…