Perseverance Is Necessary in Prayer, Pope Francis Says
Progress in spiritual life consists in being able to persevere in difficult times, the pope says in his series of talks on prayer.
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Christian Meditation Is Path to Christ, Pope Says
At his weekly general audience, Pope Francis emphasizes the importance of Christian meditation as...
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Returning From Iraq, Pope Talks About ‘Risks’ Taken on Trip
“Often you must take a risk” to promote harmony, Pope Francis told reporters March 8 as he flew back from Iraq. He said that through prayer he has become convinced that God wants the church—and all humanity, for that matter—to continue promoting a sense of belonging to one human family.
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Pope Says Markets Need Regulation to Promote Justice
An economy without human trafficking will require “the courage of patient construction, of planning that does not look always and only at the very short-term gains, but at the medium- and long-term fruits and, above all, at people,” Pope Francis said in a video message marking the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.
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Pope: Failure to Remember Holocaust Will Lead World Down Same Path
The pope marked the observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day by calling on the world to “remember the Shoah” and to “be aware of how this path of death began, this path of extermination, of brutality.”
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