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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...”
The pope sent a telegram to Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Feb. 19 as the island in the Indian Ocean braces for another potential storm heading its way.
The French association, Voir Ensemble (Seeing Together), was founded in 1927 by Father Yves Mollat, a blind Jesuit priest.
The pope lamented that John Paul II’s appeal to avoid conflict in Iraq went unheeded
He suggested the speech might be the ‘swan song’ of his priestly life.
The pope met with a French Catholic group dedicated to supporting artists and celebrating sacred art, architecture, poetry, and music.
At the general audience, he concluded his 12-week catechesis on St. Joseph.
Pope Francis signed the motu proprio on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.
The restructuring is the latest step in Pope Francis' ongoing reform of the Roman Curia.
The Foyers de Charité movement was founded by Marthe Robin and Father Georges Finet.
He said he hoped that 2024 would see an outpouring of prayer.
Pius XII made a landmark radio broadcast on Feb. 10, 1952.