Tag: General Audience
Pope Francis at Wednesday audience: ‘Let us do penance for peace’
“Let us pray for peace, let us even do penance for peace,” the 88-year-old pontiff told pilgrims inside the Paul VI Audience Hall
Pope Francis: Faith in God is ‘a force that sets love...
He explained that the “unlimited readiness” of the men and women of the Bible is “the only act” that enabled them to respond to God’s call
Pope Francis at Wednesday audience: Ask for the grace ‘to listen...
Reflecting on the Gospel of St. Matthew, he said people can learn from the righteous man who was always attentive to the will of God
Pope Francis at general audience: Jesus gives us the ‘grace of...
“Mary welcomes the Word in her own flesh and thus launches the greatest mission ever entrusted to a woman, to a human creature"
Pope Francis: Christians have a duty to prevent, condemn child exploitation
Pope Francis lamented that there are “too many children forced to work” who are unable to smile, dream, or nurture their talents
Pope Francis: Gentleness, respect are more effective than ‘the strength of...
Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims attending his general audience on Wednesday that “the strength of arguments” is not enough to convince people about...
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 condemns pornography as ‘a language of the devil’
“Any cellphone has access to this brutality, this language of the devil,” the pope said at the weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square
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.”
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."