Easter season is time to seek the risen Lord, experience joy, pope says
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Easter season, which lasts until Pentecost, is a time for rejoicing and for always seeking out the risen Christ, Pope Francis said. “To find Christ means to discover peace of heart,” he said April 5...
Hostility, violence are ‘betrayals’ of religion, pope says in Iraq
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service UR, Iraq (CNS) — Traveling to the birthplace of Abraham, Pope Francis urged believers to prove their faith in the one God and father of all by accepting one another as brothers and sisters. From a stage set on a dusty hill...
Pope arrives in Iraq, promoting peace, tolerance, equality
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service BAGHDAD (CNS) — To consolidate peace and ensure progress, the government and people of Iraq must never treat anyone as a second-class citizen and must work each day to promote harmony, Pope Francis said. “Fraternal...
Pope: Honor martyrs by remaining faithful, working for a better Iraq
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service BAGHDAD (CNS) — Visiting a Baghdad cathedral “hallowed by the blood of our brothers and sisters” murdered in a terrorist attack that shook the world, Pope Francis said their sacrifice must motivate faith...
Every call of God is a call of love, pope says
“Each one of God’s calls is an initiative of his love,” the pope said Jan. 17 before reciting the Angelus prayer. “God calls to life, he calls to faith and he calls to a particular state in life: ‘I want you here.'”
