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Pope Francis' brief remarks during the Angelus July 21, 2024, focused on the day’s Gospel passage from Mark, which demonstrates how rest and compassion for others go together. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: In the Silence of Adoration We Receive God’s Grace

Jul 21, 2024

At his weekly Angelus, the pope told Catholics to beware of “the dictatorship of doing.”

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his Angelus address Aug. 30, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Pope Francis: The Path to Holiness Requires Spiritual Combat

Sep 27, 2020

Pope Francis said Sunday that the Christian life requires concrete commitments and spiritual combat in order to grow in holiness.

Pope Francis gives the Angelus address Sept. 13, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

“Everything is grace. Our salvation is grace. Our holiness is grace”: Pope Francis

Sep 20, 2020

God’s grace is not something we deserve, but he gives it to us anyway, Pope Francis said Sunday during his weekly Angelus address.

Pope Francis offers Mass in Bari, Italy on Feb. 23, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis: Ask God for the Strength to Love your Enemies

Feb 23, 2020

Ask God for the grace to love your enemies, Pope Francis said Sunday in a homily in the Italian city of Bari.

Pope Francis says Mass in the chapel of Santa Marta in the Vatican, Sept. 11, 2018. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Condemns Clerics Who Use Money to Advance their Careers

Jan 22, 2020

In a homily Tuesday, Pope Francis condemned priests and bishops who use money to advance their careers.

Group Photo of Archbishops and Bishops at the Opening Ceremony of the 4th Pan-African Congress on Divine Mercy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November, 19 2019 / ACI Africa

Pan-African Congress on Divine Mercy Underway in Burkina Faso, Leaders Outline Value

Nov 20, 2019

Some 900 delegates from across the African continent are gathering in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, for the Africa and Madagascar Congress on Divine Mercy, the fourth such spiritual meeting to be organized in Africa, with various African Church leaders including the Papal delegate setting the tone and outlining the value and significance of the weeklong spiritual exercise Tuesday, November 19.