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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The saints are not unreachable “exceptions of humanity” but ordinary people who worked diligently to grow in virtue, Pope Francis said. It is wrong to think of the saints as “a kind of small circle of champions who live beyond the limits of our species,” the pope wrote in the catechesis…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was not asking Ukraine to consider surrendering to Russia when he called for negotiations to end the war, but he was calling for both Russia and Ukraine to cease hostilities and engage in peace talks, the Vatican’s top diplomat said. It’s “obvious” that creating the conditions for a diplomatic…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should pray for the grace to look at others with the same mercy and care with which Jesus looks at them, Pope Francis said. “No one is perfect. We are all sinners, we all make mistakes, and if the Lord were to use his knowledge of our weaknesses to condemn…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Encouraging negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, Pope Francis called for the warring sides to have the “courage of the white flag,” a term usually associated with surrender. Asked in an interview whether Ukraine should surrender and if doing so would legitimize the actions of the stronger power, the pope…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Christian’s awareness of being sinful should be directly proportional to their “perception of the infinite love of God,” Pope Francis said. “The more we sense God’s tenderness, the more we desire to be in full communion with him and the more evident the ugliness of evil in our lives becomes,”…
ROME (CNS) — Catholics should not be afraid to bear their sins before God whose mercy is a model for the church’s ministers, Pope Francis said. “Put this in your mind and heart: God never tires of forgiving,” the pope said during a Lenten penance service March 8. He then asked the approximately 600 people…