Pope Francis: The First Element of Discernment is Prayer
Meeting the Lord in prayer should produce joy, not fear or sadness, which are signs of distance from him.
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Discernment is ‘Indispensable for Living’: Pope Francis Launches New Catechesis Series
The Pope explained that humans, unlike animals, can be unwilling to make the right choices.
Pope Francis: Don’t Hide Wrinkles, It’s ‘the Heart That Matters’
Magnani, who died in 1973 at the age of 65, is said to have once told her make-up artist: ‘Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.’
Pope Francis Wants Catholics to Rediscover This Book of the Bible
On Wednesday, he focused on the relationship between Ruth, a Moabite woman, and Naomi, her elderly Israelite mother-in-law.
Pope Francis: Blood of Bucha Victims ‘Cries Out to Heaven’ for End to War in Ukraine
The Holy Father said, ‘Let us silence the weapons; let us stop sowing death and destruction.’
Pope Francis: After a Nuclear War, Humanity Would Have to ‘Start From Scratch’
Pope Francis said at the end of the general audience that he wanted everyone to pray together in the pain of this war, asking the Lord for forgiveness and asking for peace.
Pope Francis Decries Excessive ‘Exaltation of Youth’ as He Begins Catechesis Series on Old Age
The Holy Father said at his Wednesday general audience that, while youth is beautiful, “eternal youth is a very dangerous illusion.”
Pope Francis: ‘God is Not Afraid of Our Sins’
Speaking about God’s tenderness and mercy, Pope Francis said that the “things of God always reach us through the mediation of human experiences.”
Pope Francis: St. Joseph Teaches Us to Notice the People the World Ignores
Pope Francis also pointed out that Catholics can learn more about St. Joseph from his name, which is Hebrew for “may God increase, may God give growth.”
This is the Prayer to the Holy Spirit That Pope Francis Wants Every Catholic to Know
Pope Francis added that if Catholics did not have the prayer on hand, they could simply pray “Come, Holy Spirit” — as “the Madonna and the Apostles prayed during the days when Christ ascended into heaven.”
