Pope Francis

No disability can change the fact that we are all children of the one Father – The Pope

05/12/2022   Saint John Lateran, Rome

Dear brothers and sisters!

All of us, as the Apostle Paul would say, hold the treasure of life in earthen vessels (cf. 2 Cor 4:7). The International Day of Persons with Disabilities invites us to recognize that our frailty in no way obscures “the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ”, but instead reveals that “its extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us” ( 2 Cor 4:4,7)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: An invitation to learn from experience to not repeat the same mistakes

28/11/2022   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Għeżież ħuti, l-għodwa t-tajba!

Inkomplu bir-riflessjoni tagħna fuq id-dixxerniment, u b’mod partikulari fuq l-esperjenza spiritwali msejħa “konsolazzjoni”, li dwarha tkellimna l-Erbgħa li għaddiet, u nistaqsu: kif nagħrfu liema hi l-vera konsolazzjoni? Hija mistoqsija importanti ħafna għal dixxerniment tajjeb, biex ma niġux imqarrqa fit-tiftixa tal-ġid veru tagħna.

Nistgħu nsibu xi kriterji f’silta mill-Eżerċizzi spiritwali ta’ Sant’Injazju ta’ Loyola… Read more »

For your sakes Christ became poor – Pope Francis on World Day of the Poor

Message by Pope Francis for the 6th World Day of the Poor

13/11/2022

1. “Jesus Christ… for your sakes became poor” (cf. 2 Cor 8:9). With these words, the Apostle Paul addresses the first Christians of Corinth in order to encourage their efforts to show solidarity with their brothers and sisters in need. The World Day of the Poor comes this year as a healthy challenge, helping us to reflect on our style of life and on the many forms of poverty all around us… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: God is hidden in our life, he is always there

27/11/2022   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno, blessed Sunday!

In the Gospel of today’s Liturgy we hear a beautiful promise that introduces us to the Time of Advent: “Your Lord is coming” (Mt 24:42). This is the foundation of our hope, it is what supports us even in the most difficult and painful moments of our life: God is coming, God is near and is coming… Read more »

Pope at Audience: “Consolation is an interior movement that touches our depths”

23/11/2022

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

We continue the catechesis on the discernment of spirits and how to discern them when they take place in our hearts and in our souls. After having considered several aspects of desolation – that darkness in the soul – today let us talk about consolation – which is light in the soul and another important element in discernment, which is not to be taken for granted, because it can lend itself to misunderstandings… Read more »

Pope at Audience: “Read what happens and then make decisions”

16/11/2022

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

Today, let us resume the catecheses on the theme of discernment. We have seen how important it is to read what stirs within us, so as not to make hasty decisions, spurred by the emotion of the moment, only to regret them when it is too late. That is, to read what happens and then make decisions… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: God’s love is faithful, it is persevering, it never changes

13/11/2022   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno, blessed Sunday!

Today’s Gospel takes us to Jerusalem, in the most sacred place: the temple. There, around Jesus, some people speak about the magnificence of that grandiose building, “adorned with costly stones” (Lk 21:5). But the Lord states, “there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down” (Lk 21:6)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Dialogue, encounter and journey even in Islamic countries

09/11/2022   The Vatican

Catechesis – The Apostolic Journey to the Kingdom of Bahrein

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

It’s a bit cold, isn’t it? But it’s beautiful.

Before beginning to speak about what I have prepared, I would like to draw attention to these two children who have come up here. They did not ask permission. They did not say, “I am afraid”… Read more »

“We welcome them, accompany them and integrate them” – The Pope on immigrants

07/11/2022

Il-Papa Franġisku qal li hemm erba’ passi li għandhom jittieħdu mal-immigranti:”nilqgħuhom, nakkumpanjawhom, nippromwovuhom u nintegrawhom”. Fil-kummenti tiegħu mal-ġurnalisti abbord it-titjira papali li kienet se tieħdu lura l-Vatikan mill-Bahrain, il-Papa qal li l-kwistjoni tal-migrazzjoni teħtieġ soluzzjonijiet konkreti.

Mistoqsi dwar il-grupp ta’ elf persuna li ġew salvati mill-NGOs imma ma tħallewx jiżbarkaw fl-Italja, hu appella biex kull persuna li tkun qed tfittex l-ażil tiġi milqugħha, akkumpanjata, promossa u integrata fis-soċjetà rispettiva tagħha biex verament tħossha sigura filwaqt li appella lill-Unjoni Ewropea biex tikkordina aħjar il-wasliet ta’ dawn il-persuni fost l-Istati Membri… Read more »

Pope at Audience encourages us to learn how to read sadness

27/10/2022   St Peter's Square at the Vatican

Catechesis on Discernment. 7. The subject of discernment. Desolation 

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Discernment, as we have seen in the previous catecheses, is not primarily a logical procedure; it is based on actions, and actions also have an affective connotation, which must be acknowledged, because God speaks to the heart. Let us then enter into the first affective mode, an object of discernment: desolation… Read more »