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Young people pray as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with youths at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 30.

Shout not with your voices, but with your lives, Pope tells Myanmar youth

YANGON, Myanmar – The Catholic young people of Myanmar are “a welcome sound” of encouragement, Pope Francis told them Thursday at a Mass said at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon.
  • November 30, 2017
Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at Kyaikkasan sports ground in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 29.

Jesus' love is unstoppable, revealed on the Cross, Pope says

YANGON, Myanmar – Jesus' love "is like a spiritual GPS" that guides people past the everyday obstacles of fear and pride and allows them to find their way to a relationship with God and with their neighbors, Pope Francis said.
  • November 29, 2017
Pope Francis celebrates Mass Sept. 27 in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican. Scandal is "capable of killing: killing hope, killing illusions, killing families, killing so many hearts," Pope Francis said.

Pope's Homily: 'Shepherds' who seek money, power cause scandal

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Church leaders who are attached to money and try to climb the ladder of success wound the church and destroy people's hope, Pope Francis said.
  • November 13, 2017
Pope Francis speaks during his Angelus prayer on All Saints' Day in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 1.

Pope's homily: Through example, saints shine God's light in darkness, Pope says

VATICAN – Like stained glass windows, the saints allow the light of God to permeate the darkness of sin in the world, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints.

  • November 1, 2017
Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Oct. 29 at the Vatican.

Pope's homily: Need for power and money is path of clericalism, Pope says

VATICAN – Clericalism is a path taken by those who, unlike the good shepherd, concern themselves with money and power and not with people who are suffering and neglected, Pope Francis said.

  • October 30, 2017
Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 25.

Making room for Holy Spirit entails daily battle against devil, Pope says

VATICAN CITY – Being a Christian means battling the devil and striving for holiness each day, Pope Francis said.
  • October 26, 2017
Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Oct. 22 at the Vatican.

Heaven isn't a 'fairytale', it's an embrace with God, Pope says

VATICAN – Pope Francis on Wednesday spoke about the hope Christians have at the end of life, which is found in God’s promise to be with us at the moment of our death, and to give us eternal life with him in heaven.

  • October 25, 2017
Pope Francis waves as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 18.

Pope's homily: Only Jesus, in his infinite mercy, would die for sinners, Pope says

VATICAN – Going to Mass regularly, praying and doing good works are not enough to make a person a good Christian, Pope Francis said.
  • October 24, 2017
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his Vatican residence at the Domus Sanctae Marthae Sept. 26.

Pope's homily: Do not be foolish

VATICAN – Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday, Oct. 17 – the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr. Following the Readings of the Day, the Holy Father reflected on the “foolishness” of those, who are unable to hear the Word of God, preferring appearances, idols, or ideologies – like the people of Jerusalem, whose faithlessness caused Our Lord to weep nostalgic tears.
  • October 17, 2017
Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates the canonization Mass of new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 15. The pope canonized groups of martyrs from Mexico and Brazil, an Italian Capuchin priest and a Spanish priest.

Pope's homily: Look to new saints to practice Christian love every day

VATICAN – Inviting all faithful to practice Christian love every day, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized 35 new saints, nearly all of them martyrs, holding them up as models who “point the way”. 

  • October 16, 2017
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