Almaty – “We are grateful to the government of Kazakhstan for having invited Pope Francis to the next Congress of the leaders of world and traditional religions. We do not yet know if the Pontiff will be there, but the mere possibility fills us with enthusiasm: twenty years after John Paul II’s visit to Kazakhstan,… Leggi tutto »
Only urgent action can “offer concrete hope to future generations,” the pope said in a reflection broadcast on BBC radio. From: New York Times
Rome – The freedom that Christ gave to the baptized is “a novelty” that could encompass “all peoples and cultures” and freed from temptations and errors – which often existed in the history of evangelization – “only one cultural model” or wanting to enforce or dictating to others one’s own life model as if it… Leggi tutto »
Rome – “We must understand that evangelization is a mandate that comes from Baptism, the Baptism that makes us priests together, in the priesthood of Christ: the priestly population. And we must not wait for the priest to come, for the priest to evangelize, the missionary”. Thus Pope Francis recalled the apostolic vocation which calls… Leggi tutto »
Prešov – The mission of the Church does not pursue the worldly ways of “triumphalism” and self-affirmation. Every authentic Christian witness comes to life from the mysterious triumph of the Cross of Christ and bears witness to it by aligning its dynamics with the “humble love” of Christ “which is fruitful in everyday life and… Leggi tutto »
Bratislava – “I would like to tell you an episode: some time ago I received a letter from a bishop. He wrote about a nuncio: We were under the Turks for 400 years and we suffered; then we had communism for 50 years and we suffered; but the seven years under this nuncio were worse… Leggi tutto »
Budapest – The church “comes from the source that is Christ and is sent so that the Gospel, like a river of living water, may reach the aridity of the world and of the heart of man”. And the apostolic work can always free itself from the risk “of proclaiming a false messianism, one of… Leggi tutto »
Rome – Exactly one year after the deadly explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut, killing nearly 200 and injuring thousands, Pope Francis has publicly renewed his commitment to visit Lebanon in the near future. This is what he said at the end of the Wednesday General Audience, which was held this morning, Wednesday, August… Leggi tutto »