World Youth Day 2016 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:41:01 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Mary as example of being thankful /faith/homilies/item/23301-mary-as-example-of-being-thankful /faith/homilies/item/23301-mary-as-example-of-being-thankful

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday to mark the end of the Marian Jubilee, the latest event in the ongoing Holy Year of Mercy.

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If Pope Francis wanted a single image to illustrate the special Year of Mercy that is the current focus of his ministry and, indeed, at the heart of his pontificate, he could do no better than choosing an underappreciated masterpiece by the Italian artist Caravaggio.

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis asked Catholic dioceses around the world to set up a permanent memorial of the Year of Mercy by establishing a hospital, home for the aged or school in an under-served area.

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper with young refugees in Castelnuovo di Porto, north of Rome.

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VATICAN CITY - Drawing on the experience of the public exposition of the Shroud of Turin, Vatican officials are adopting a reservation system for pilgrims who want to cross the threshold of the Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica during the Year of Mercy.

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was the first pilgrim to sign up for World Youth Day to be held in Krakow, Poland, launching the opening of registration.

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VATICAN CITY - Despite reports in the Italian press that Blessed Teresa of Kolkata's canonization has been set for Sept. 4, 2016, a Vatican spokesman says the date is only hypothetical and cannot be confirmed.

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“A little mercy,” Pope Francis once said, “makes the world less cold and more just.”

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:00:00 -0400 Pope says Year of Mercy will be time to heal, to help, to forgive /faith/item/20041-pope-says-year-of-mercy-will-be-time-to-heal-to-help-to-forgive /faith/item/20041-pope-says-year-of-mercy-will-be-time-to-heal-to-help-to-forgive

VATICAN CITY - Mercy is at the heart of the Church's credibility and the Church has a duty to profess it and live it, Pope Francis said in a document that officially proclaims the 2015-2016 extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Vatican Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:45:00 -0400 The Pope of mercy /item/19989-the-pope-of-mercy /item/19989-the-pope-of-mercy

For the first time in months, I was feeling nervous about going to Confession. I had a sense of dread as I imagined reading my lengthy examination of conscience to my confessor. The worry of never again being able to look my priest in the eye lingered at the back of my mind as I scrambled to prepare to receive the sacrament.

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