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Pope Francis said to trust in Jesus Christ who "brings time to its fullness."
When threatened, we all have the possibility of becoming "little Herods," Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Archbishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges of the Catholic Archdiocese of Alger in Algeria and appointed his successor.
“Please, each day, let us pray a little bit together, if you can make the effort, to ask God for the gift of peace.”
He spoke from the central balcony overlooking a rainy St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Francis’ Christmas homily for Midnight Mass at the Vatican this year
In his Christmas homily, Pope Francis asked Christians to contemplate that God did not choose to come into the world in grandeur, but as a humble child born into poverty.
The dicastery will be led for now by Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny.
He said that Vatican officials should set an example for Catholics worldwide.
The pope made the appeal at his general audience.
The World Day of Peace is celebrated annually on Jan. 1.
Pope Francis spoke to four people who have faced difficult circumstances in life, including a woman who was a victim of domestic violence and a man who spent 25 years in prison.
A good way to get out of a negative mood is to help others, following the example of Mary, who went to help her pregnant cousin Elizabeth, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis on Sunday joined a belated celebration of his 85th birthday, thrown by the children and families helped by the Vatican’s charitable pediatric clinic.
The group of about ten refugees are being supported directly by Pope Francis.
The pope told new ambassadors that the ongoing pandemic is a reminder that “we are a global community where one person’s problems are the problems of all.”
‘We have to get used to humiliation,’ the pope told Jesuits in Greece.
The new body will foster spirituality, art, formation, and dialogue in the environs of St. Peter’s Basilica
The pope appealed for prayers for Haiti at his general audience.
St. Mary Major is one of four papal major basilicas in Rome.