Make room for kindness, not hopeless 'mafia' mentality, pope says
Christians must make room for Jesus in their hearts to fight evil by doing good to others, even their enemies, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 5.
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Pope approves provisions to recognize marriages of SSPX faithful
Continuing initiatives aimed at a reconciliation with the Priestly Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis has made it possible for bishops to ensure the validity of marriages celebrated in the traditionalist communities.
Continuing 'Mercy Friday' practice, pope visits center for the blind
Pope Francis returned to a practice he developed during the Year of Mercy: making a Friday-afternoon visit to people in need of or deserving special care.
For the visit March 31, he chose the Sant' Alessio-Margherita di Savoia Regional Center for the Blind in Rome. The center is home to 37 adults and senior citizens who are blind or severely visually impaired, but the structure also offers specialized classes for 50 children with the same challenges.
Francis encourages UN talks to ban nukes: time to 'go beyond' deterrence
Pope Francis has written to the United Nations to encourage this week’s talks at the global organization on crafting a new worldwide treaty to ban nuclear weapons, saying in a letter it is time for the international community to “go beyond” nuclear deterrence.
Writing to the president of the conference -- which has been boycotted by many nuclear powers, including the United States -- the pontiff says he wants to encourage the some 120 countries taking part in the talks to “work with determination” to eliminate the need for atomic weapons.
Francis bemoans EU's 'loss of ideals' in meeting with 27 national leaders
Vatican City -- The pope called on the political leaders to fight populism and to refuse to yield to fear in the face of the continuing migrant crisis.
Pope recognizes miracle attributed to Fatima visionaries
Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, thus paving the way for their canonization.
Francis signed the decree for the causes of Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto during a meeting March 23 with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, the Vatican said.
World needs those who can bring God's hope, consolation, pope says
Christian hope is built on patiently enduring everything life brings and knowing how to see God's presence and love everywhere, Pope Francis said.
God "never tires of loving us" as he "takes care of us, dressing our wounds with the caress of his goodness and his mercy, meaning, he consoles us and he never tires of consoling us," the pope said during his general audience in St. Peter's Square March 22.
Francis talks feminism with global moral theologian network
Pope Francis met last week with representatives of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church; they discussed different Catholic perspectives on feminism, Amoris Laetitia and Laudato Si'.
Pope apologizes for Catholics' participation in Rwanda genocide
Pope Francis meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame: Francis "conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the church, for the genocide against the Tutsi," the Vatican said. "He expressed his solidarity with the victims and with those who continue to suffer the consequences of those tragic events."
Now is the time for married priests
Faith and Justice: At the Last Supper, Jesus said, "Do this in memory of me," not "Have a celibate priesthood."
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