Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:54:42 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope on Good Friday: Jesus' church offers truth, comfort despite efforts to discredit it /faith/item/27098-pope-on-good-friday-jesus-church-offers-truth-comfort-despite-efforts-to-discredit-it /faith/item/27098-pope-on-good-friday-jesus-church-offers-truth-comfort-despite-efforts-to-discredit-it ROME – Leading a prayer to God for the grace to feel ashamed and repentant for so many sins in the world, Pope Francis highlighted the hope that always comes from Jesus.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Faith Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:01:14 -0400 Rome Colosseum cloaked in red to honour modern martyrs /home/international/item/26882-rome-colosseum-cloaked-in-red-to-honour-modern-martyrs /home/international/item/26882-rome-colosseum-cloaked-in-red-to-honour-modern-martyrs ROME – Rome's Colosseum, long a symbol of the persecution of early Christians, was bathed in red light late Feb. 24 as a reminder of and a prayer for the thousands of Christians being persecuted for their faith today.
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VATICAN CITY - The often silent plight of sexually abused children, victims of domestic violence, prisoners, the abandoned elderly, the unemployed and immigrants facing hostility will be given a powerful voice during the Stations of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum.

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