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Pope Francis has promulgated a new apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium, which reforms the structure of the Roman Curia. Here are some of the changes:
Pope Francis has written a letter to the Congregation of Saint Joseph.
The pope is asking the bishops ‘to join him in praying for peace and in consecrating and entrusting Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.’
The pope was speaking on the 21st day of the war in Ukraine.
The consecration will take place on March 25.
Pope Francis called for an end to the “harrowing war” in Ukraine on Sunday, condemning Russia's reported attacks on pregnant women and children in the eastern city of Mariupol.
Noting that the Gospel reveals that Peter, James, and John had fallen asleep prior to Jesus' Transfiguration, Pope Francis urged the faithful during his Angelus reflection Sunday to call on the Holy Spirit to awaken their desire to pray.
Saturday marked the 400th anniversary of the canonization of saints Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, Philip Neri, and Isidore the Farmer.
‘If you are not poets, this meeting will not work,’ the pope told organizers.
‘Let us pray that we may give a Christian response to bioethical challenges,’ the pope said.
Pope Francis condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressed his solidarity with the country on Sunday.
Pope Francis highlighted Jesus’ 40-day journey in the desert, where he is tempted by the devil, as an example for the faithful during Lent.
The pope was speaking at his Wednesday general audience.
Speakers were drowned out by a stream of obscenities.
Pope Francis approved the change.
He called for the opening of humanitarian corridors.
"May the corporal fasting to which Lent calls us fortify our spirit for the battle against sin,” Pope Francis said.
He said that idealized youth was ‘the dominant image of 20th-century totalitarianism.’
The winning submission will be chosen by a panel of judges.
“Turning the other cheek is not the loser’s fallback, but the action of those who have greater inner strength...”