Tag: General Audience
Pope Francis: Confirmation is the ‘sacrament of witness,’ not the ‘sacrament...
“Confirmation is for all the faithful what Pentacost was for the entire Church. It strengthens the baptismal incorporation into Christ"
Pope: ‘Prohibitions of the Spirit’ ensure Church unity is not driven...
Pope emphasized that unity cannot be “achieved on the drawing board” but only through the will and action of the Holy Spirit
Pope Francis tells faithful: Learn some of the Psalms by heart
Speaking to a crowd of Catholics and tourists, he pointed out specific Psalms that could be helpful to pray in different circumstances
Pope Francis: Keep your homilies short or ‘people will fall asleep’
Francis added that “the Holy Spirit, who inspired the Scriptures … also makes them perennially living and active.”
At general audience, Pope Francis explains the correct use of Christian...
Pope Francis said the exploitation of the poor, the weak, and the environment by those richer and stronger is also a misuse of freedom
Pope Francis opens new catechetical cycle on Holy Spirt’s role in...
The pope emphasized that St. Paul understands the “cause of the suffering of creation in the corruption and sin of humanity"
Pope Francis: Humility as foundation of Christian life and path to...
He reiterated that humility is not only the root of peace in the world and within the Church but also "the way, the path to salvation."
Pope Francis urges faithful to embrace divine charity in daily life
Pope Francis stressed that true charity, however, is a divine gift that transcends ordinary human love at his General Audience
Pope Francis: Hope ‘is a gift that comes directly from God’
Christians have hope not through their own merit. If they believe in the future, it is because Christ died, rose again, and gave us his Spirit
Pope Francis: The temperate person is balanced by both principle and...
Pope Francis renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, imploring that “prisoners of war” and the “tortured” be freed