Faith

General Audience: Have audacity to call God 'Father'

Wed, 22 May 2019 08:27:46 -0400

VATICAN CITY -- The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his or her father, Pope Francis said.

God's holiness is a force; 'evil's days are numbered,' Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:22:53 -0500

VATICAN – The holiness of God is a power that is constantly expanding and will defeat all evil once and for all, Pope Francis said.

In Christian prayer, there is an absence of the word 'I', Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:44:20 -0500

VATICAN – Prayer is not just a private and intimate dialogue between a person and God, but rather an opportunity for Christians to bring the needs of others before the Lord, Pope Francis said.

Canadian Catholics to start using new French translation of Our Father

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:18:03 -0500

QUEBEC CITY – French-speaking Canadians will begin using a new translation of the Our Father Dec. 2.

Pope Francis: How many people go beyond the mindless recitation of the Lord's Prayer?

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:17:22 -0400

VATICAN – Forgiving those who have caused pain or offense is not easy, Pope Francis said.

Editorial: Our Father

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:11:48 -0500

The Our Father is the foundational prayer of Christian faith. So perhaps it is fitting that Pope Francis has placed it in the spotlight as we make ready to celebrate the Saviour��Ƶapp birth.

Pope sparks debate over Our Father line

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:44:46 -0500

As Pope Francis questions the wording of the Our Father, perhaps the Church should pray that his concerns lead us not into altercation.

Pope Francis calls for a change to ‘Our Father’ prayer

msimpson@catholicregister.org (Mike Simpson) — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:14:56 -0500

Pope Francis is calling for a new translation of one of the lines from the world��Ƶapp most famous prayer, the Our Father.

The ‘Our Father’ is the cornerstone of our prayer life

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 08:49:49 -0400

Pope Francis said that prayers are not magic words for Christians and when we pray the ‘Our Father’ we can feel God looking at us and this prayer should be the cornerstone of our prayer life. His words came during his mass celebrated on Thursday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence.

Pope asks prisoners to pray that Christ make him a better servant

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY - In a moving ceremony that recalled how Jesus loved the world so deeply that He lowered Himself to serve and died for everyone's sins, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 prison inmates, plus a small toddler who lives with his incarcerated mother.