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Pope Francis meets with members of the Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People on Jan. 3, 2025, in Clementine Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Encourages Blind Young People to be Pilgrims of hope

Jan 3, 2025

Pope Francis encouraged those present to be “people on the journey” who always have the desire to continue, “always with the desire to move forward.”

Pope Francis met with members of Voir Ensemble, a Christian movement of blind and visually impaired people on Feb. 19, 2022. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Meets Christian Movement of Blind and Visually Impaired People

Feb 19, 2022

The French association, Voir Ensemble (Seeing Together), was founded in 1927 by Father Yves Mollat, a blind Jesuit priest.

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Pilgrims cross the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

More Than 500,000 People Pass Through St. Peter’s Holy Door After Christmas Opening

Father Roberto Pasolini. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

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Pope Francis greets Sister Simona Brambilla, superior general of the Consolata Missionary Sisters, on June 5, 2017 in Clementine Hall at the Vatican. | Credit: L’Osservatore Romano

Pope Francis Appoints First-ever Woman to Head Vatican Dicastery

A chalk home blessing from the feast of the Epiphany. / Credit: A.Davey via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

How to Bless Your Home on the Feast of Epiphany 2025

Cameroon’s Catholic Bishops Convene to Deliberate on “synodality in the local context” in Annual Seminar

Dedication of the Divine Mercy Co-Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Buea in Cameroon. Credit: ACI Africa

Dedicated Co-Cathedral of Cameroon’s Buea Catholic Diocese “fruit of our collective prayers, contributions”: Bishop

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered for Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Star of the Magi Symbolizes the Love of God: Pope Francis on Epiphany

Berhaneyesus Demerew Cardinal Souraphiel of Ethiopia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Addis Ababa

Catholic Church in Ethiopia Enters Christmas Season with Calls for Peace, Closeness with God

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka. Credit: SACBC

Let’s Handle Illegal Miners Stuck in South African Disused Mine “in a way that respects their dignity”: Catholic Bishop

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown. Credit: Caritas Freetown

“False”: Catholic Archbishop in Sierra Leone Dismisses Mention of His Name in Abortion Bill Saga

Umbrellas dotted St. Peter’s Square on the rainy Sunday afternoon as Jubilee pilgrims braved the weather to hear Pope Francis give his Angelus message on Jan. 5, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Bring Hope with a "yes to life" in Jubilee Year

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