Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:16:47 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Bring Mary's gratitude and hope into the new year, Pope Francis says /faith/homilies/item/36294-bring-mary-s-gratitude-and-hope-into-the-new-year-pope-francis-says /faith/homilies/item/36294-bring-mary-s-gratitude-and-hope-into-the-new-year-pope-francis-says

On New Year's Eve, believers and non-believers alike give thanks for all they have received in the last 12 months and express their hopes for the coming year, but Christians are called to cultivate their gratitude and hope following the example of Mary, Pope Francis said.

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Ringing in the New Year looked very different for a group of 20-somethings at St. Edward the Confessor Church in Toronto. 

]]> Youth Speak News Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:57:00 -0500 Pope Francis challenges young people: Don't live life for 'likes' /home/international/item/26863-pope-francis-challenges-young-people-don-t-live-life-for-likes /home/international/item/26863-pope-francis-challenges-young-people-don-t-live-life-for-likes VATICAN – It's time to break free from fear, fake online personas and looking at the world through a digital screen display, Pope Francis told young people.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:42:55 -0500 Pope's beauty secret: Be virtuous like Mary /faith/item/26493-popes-beauty-secret-be-virtuous-like-mary /faith/item/26493-popes-beauty-secret-be-virtuous-like-mary VATICAN – On FridayöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis offered his own ‘beauty secret’ – with Mary as model – saying beauty does not come from age or appearance, but from living a virtuous life rooted in scripture.
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