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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lent is a time to free oneself from slavery and take action to free others suffering from the multiple forms of slavery that afflict the world, Pope Francis said. Even though baptism has begun a process of liberation, “there remains in us an inexplicable longing for slavery. A kind of attraction…
WASHINGTON – We must unite to identify and address conditions that lead to human trafficking and promote efforts to prevent it, says Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso. The Catholic Church observes the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking on February 8, the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, the patroness…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Wrath is a “dark vice” that destroys relationships, focuses all blame on others and only worsens over time, Pope Francis said. “It is capable of depriving us of sleep, of barring the way to reason and thought” because wrath completely clouds thinking clearly and builds up incessantly without mercy, the pope…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Making a list of which sinners are welcome in the church and which sinners are not goes against the teaching of the Gospel, Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper. The pope said more than one person had asked him why he approved the declaration of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s wars and conflicts have put humanity on the brink of the abyss, Pope Francis said, calling for a worldwide cease-fire. “I will never tire of reiterating my call, addressed in particular to those who have political responsibility: stop the bombs and missiles now, end hostile stances” everywhere, the pope said…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis again insisted that an informal blessing of a gay or other unmarried couple is not a blessing of their union but a sign of the Catholic Church’s closeness to them and its hope that they will grow in faith. “The intent of ‘pastoral and spontaneous blessings’ is to concretely…