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Spirit’s surprises are way to happiness, Pope teaches 20 May 2013 | 08:32 am
VATICAN, May 19, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Around 200,000 pilgrims packed St. Peter’s Square to celebrate Pentecost with Pope Francis, who called on them to be open to “God’s surprises” because they brin...
Pope ties Church movements Mass to Pentecost 20 May 2013 | 08:31 am
VATIVCAN, May 19, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- St. Peter’s Square was “transformed into an open-air Cenacle,” Pope Francis said after he celebrated Pentecost with Church movements. “This celebration of fait...
Gossip is like slapping Jesus, Pope asserts 20 May 2013 | 08:29 am
VATICAN, May 18, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis spoke today about how gossip by Christians is a “slap” to Jesus “in the person of his children.” “All three – disinformation, defamation and slande...
American seminarians win Clericus Cup second time 20 May 2013 | 08:28 am
ROME, May 18, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- The North American Martyrs succeeded in clinching the Clericus Cup for the second year in a row, beating the seminarians from Mater Ecclesiae by a score of 1-0. Th...
Vatican Legal: Church teaching doesn’t change, but church laws can 20 May 2013 | 08:27 am
VATICAN, May 17, 2013 (CNS) — Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholi...
Recognize your sin, ask forgiveness, pope says at Mass 20 May 2013 | 08:26 am
VATICAN, May 17, 2013 (CNS) — The key problem in everyone’s relationship with God is not that they sin, but that they are not ashamed of their sin and don’t ask forgiveness, Pope Francis said. In a ho...
Pope’s mission app launch spreads Gospel 20 May 2013 | 08:23 am
ROME, May 17, 2013 (CNA).- With the touch of an iPad, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to unlock a new smartphone application and expanded the Church’s footprint in the digital world. “I was quit...
Pope tells story of bishop who felt ‘unworthy’ 20 May 2013 | 08:22 am
VATICAN, May 17, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told the story of a man who felt ashamed of being a bishop to say that people should not worry of being sinners but should concentrate on allowing ...
Pope calls for global, ethical finance reform, end to cult of money 20 May 2013 | 08:21 am
VATICAN, May 16, 2013 (CNS) — Pope Francis called for global financial reform that respects human dignity, helps the poor, promotes the common good and allows states to regulate markets. “Money has to...
Church needs believers with zeal, not couch-potato Catholics, pope says 20 May 2013 | 08:20 am
VATICAN, May 16, 2013 (CNS) — The church doesn’t need couch-potato Catholics, it needs believers with “apostolic zeal,” willing to preach the uncomfortable words of Christ, Pope Francis said. “And if ...
