Pope Francis

Pope in Angelus thanks health workers for their daily heroism

21/02/2022

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

In the Gospel of today’s Liturgy, Jesus gives some basic life guidance to the disciples. The Lord refers to the most difficult situations, those that constitute the litmus test for us, those that confront us with those who are enemies and hostile to us, those who are always trying to do us harm. In such cases, the disciple of Jesus is called not to give in to instinct and hatred, but to go further, much further… Read more »

Pope at Audience: to be Christian means safeguarding all lives

16/02/2022 The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Today we conclude the cycle of catecheses on the figure of St Joseph. These catecheses are complementary to the Apostolic Letter Patris corde, written on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Catholic Church by Blessed Pius IX. But what does this title mean? … Read more »

Pope prays for peace in Ukraine during Angelus

13/02/2022 The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

At the centre of the Gospel of today’s Liturgy are the Beatitudes (cf. Lk 6:20-23). It is interesting to note that Jesus, despite being surrounded by a great crowd, proclaims them by addressing them to “his disciples” (v. 20). He speaks to the disciples. Indeed, the Beatitudes define the identity of the disciple of Jesus… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Faith in resurrection helps us face death without fear

09/02/2022 The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

In last week’s catechesis, again inspired by Saint Joseph, we reflected on the meaning of the communion of saints. And leading on from this, today I would like to explore the special devotion the Christian people have always had for Saint Joseph as the patron saint of the good death. A devotion born of the thought that Joseph died cared for by the Virgin Mary and Jesus, before leaving the house of Nazareth… Read more »

Pope Francis on bullying in schools, youth suicides, immigrants and the poor

08/02/2022

Il-Papa kien il-mistieden ta’ Fabio Fazio waqt il-programm Che Tempo Che Fa fuq Rai 3 il-Ħadd filgħaxija

Il-Papa Franġisku tkellem fit-tul dwar l-effetti li qed tħalli l-kultura tal-indifferenza fid-dinja tal-lum. Qal li konsegwenza ta’ din l-indifferenza, il-gwerer jiġu qabel il-bnedmin, inkluż dawk fil-bżonn bħalma huma l-immigranti u l-foqra.

Il-Papa kien il-mistieden ta’ Fabio Fazio waqt il-programm Che Tempo Che Fa fuq Rai 3 il-Ħadd filgħaxija.

Dwar l-immigrazzjoni l-Papa Franġisku qal li dak li qed jiġri fil-Libja huwa illegali… Read more »

Pope at Angelus against female genital mutilation and human trafficking

06/02/2022 The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

The Gospel of today’s Liturgy takes us to the banks of the Sea of Galilee. The crowd is gathering around Jesus, while some disappointed fishermen, including Simon Peter, are washing their nets after a night of fishing that went badly. And so it is that Jesus climbs into Simon’s boat; then he invites him to go out to sea and cast his nets again (cf. Lk 5:1-4)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: The Church is the community of saved sinners

02/02/2022 The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

In recent weeks we have been able to deepen our understanding of the figure of Saint Joseph, guided by the few but important pieces of information given in the Gospels, and also by the aspects of his personality that the Church over the centuries has been able to highlight through prayer and devotion. Starting precisely from this sentire commune (“common feeling”) of the Church that has accompanied the figure of St Joseph, today I would like to focus on an important article of faith that can enrich our Christian life and also shape our relationship with the saints and with our deceased loved ones in the best possible way: I am talking about the communion of saints… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Jesus asks you to accept him in the daily reality that you live

30/01/2022 The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

In today’s liturgy, the Gospel recounts Jesus’ first sermon in his home town, Nazareth. The outcome is bitter: instead of receiving approval, Jesus finds incomprehension and even hostility (cf. Lk 4:21-30). His fellow villagers, rather than a word of truth, wanted miracles and prodigious signs. The Lord does not perform them and they reject him, because they say they already knew him as a child: he is Joseph’s son (cf… Read more »

Pope at Audience recognises the suffering of parents in raising their children

26/01/2022

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Today I would like to focus on the figure of St Joseph as a man who dreams. In the Bible, as in the cultures of ancient peoples, dreams were considered a means by which God revealed himself. The dream symbolises the spiritual life of each of us, that inner space that each of us is called to cultivate and guard, where God manifests himself and often speaks to us… Read more »

Pope’s Communications Day message: ‘Listening is essential for dialogue’

24/01/2022

Pope Francis conversing with journalists – archive photo (Vatican Media)

After focusing last year on seeing reality and conveying it to others, Pope Francis in his 2022 Message for the World Communications Day emphasized the quality of listening, which he said “is decisive in the grammar of communication and is a condition for genuine dialogue.”

The Pope noted that people are quickly losing the ability to listen to one another, while at the same time listening is undergoing new developments, especially due to new forms of communicating… Read more »