Month: February 2021

Pope Francis: The Lord does not permit darkness to have the last word​

February 28, 2021

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Pope Francis said Sunday that it is important to remember when facing a difficult trial that the “Lord is risen and does not permit darkness to have the last word.”

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St. Dominic gifts Marian icon to Rome 800 years ago

February 27, 2021

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Eight hundred years ago, a barefoot St. Dominic carried an icon of the Virgin Mary across Rome to entrust the Marian image to a new community of cloistered nuns, who have safeguarded the icon within the walls of their convent to this day.

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​Bishop: Mozambique’s persecuted Christians living an ‘experience of the cross’

February 26, 2021

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Catholics living in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province have lived an “experience of the cross” amid the escalation of terrorist violence over the past three years, according to their former bishop.

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​Pope Francis praises ‘exemplary witness’ of Italian ambassador killed in Congo

February 25, 2021

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Pope Francis expressed his condolences on Tuesday after three people were killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy traveling in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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​Pope Francis’ new doctor is a specialist in aging

February 24, 2021

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Pope Francis on Wednesday named a specialist in aging to be his personal doctor, after his previous physician died earlier this year.

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Virginia legislature votes to abolish the death penalty

February 23, 2021

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Virginia is expected to become the first southern state to abolish the death penalty, after its general assembly voted on Monday to end the practice.

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​Pope Francis on Divine Mercy anniversary: ‘Let us ask Christ for the gift of mercy’

February 22, 2021

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Pope Francis urged Catholics to ask Christ for the “gift of mercy” in a letter marking the 90th anniversary of the first appearance of Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska on Monday.

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Pope Francis: Christian life ‘is a battle against the spirit of evil’

February 21, 2021

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Like Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert, Christians must be prepared to battle evil, knowing that “with faith, prayer, and penance,” the victory is assured, Pope Francis said Sunday.

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​Pope Francis advances causes of nuns who died in Ebola outbreak

February 20, 2021

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Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtue of three Italian religious sisters who died from Ebola in Africa during the 1995 outbreak.

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Pope Francis gives Roman Curia 17th-century text as Lenten reading

February 19, 2021

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Pope Francis has given each member of the Roman Curia a book to include in their spiritual reading for their Lenten retreat this year.

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