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Pope's quotes: Love truth, live truth

by NCR Staff

May 24, 2019

Pope's quotes: "Loving the truth means not only affirming it, but rather living it, bearing witness to it in your work. … The issue is not that of being or not being a believer. The issue here is being or not being honest with yourself and with others."

True charity means focusing on Jesus and the poor, pope says

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

May 23, 2019

The charity of the Catholic Church must be born from prayer before "the fixed tabernacle and mobile tabernacles" — adoring Jesus in the Eucharist and ministering to him in the poor and needy, Pope Francis said.

Francis, the comic strip

by Pat Marrin

May 23, 2019

Francis, the comic strip: Some habits are harder to change than others.

Prayer not possible without Holy Spirit, pope says at audience

by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

May 22, 2019

The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his or her father, Pope Francis said.

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Pope's quotes: Love truth, live truth

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