LUXEMBOURG (CNS) — Animated by a spirit of service, mission and joy, the Catholic Church must be welcoming toward everyone, Pope Francis said. “The spirit of the Gospel is a spirit of welcoming, of openness to everyone; it does not admit any kind of exclusion,” the pope told members of Luxembourg’s Catholic community during an…
Reading 1 ECCL 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun? One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays. The sun rises and the sun goes down; then it presses on to…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must acknowledge the reality of the devil acting around them and remain steadfast in resisting his temptations, Pope Francis said. “Never dialogue with the devil,” the pope told visitors at his general audience Sept. 25. “When he comes with temptation — ‘this would be nice, that would be nice’ —…
Reading 1 Prv 30:5-9 Every word of God is tested;he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Add nothing to his words,lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver. Two things I ask of you,deny them not to me before I die:Put falsehood and lying far from me,give me…
Reading 1 PRV 21:1-6, 10-13 Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD; wherever it pleases him, he directs it. All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes, but it is the LORD who proves hearts. To do what is right and just is more…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said. World Youth Day 2027, to be hosted in Seoul, South Korea, will help…