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Two Surprises of Pope Francis' Holy Land Pilgrimage
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis’ historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land, not without a couple of surprises so far, has centered around Sunday’s meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I....
Pope to Chief Rabbis: Catholic and Jews Must Reflect Deeply on Spiritual Bond
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm Jews and Catholics need to have more than simply "reciprocal and respectful" relations but also "reflect deeply" on the spiritual significance of the bond existing between them...
Pope's Address to Israel's Two Chief Rabbis
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm Here below is Pope Francis' address that he gave this morning on a courtesy visit to the two Chief Rabbis of Israel, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi...
Pope's Address at the Holocaust Memorial of Yad Vashem
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm Here below is Pope Francis' address that he gave on a visit this morning to the Memorial of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. ***
“Adam, where are you?” (cf. Gen 3:9). Where are you, o...
'Let Us Respect and Love One Another as Brothers and Sisters'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm At 7:15 pm Roman time on Sunday, Pope Francis was welcomed at the entrance of the Dome of the Rock by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and All Palestine, Sheik Muhammad Ahmad Hussein...
Pope and patriarch meet, sign Common Declaration
The Deacon's Bench - May 25, 2014 at 6:10 pm From CNS: Half a century after a historic encounter between their predecessors, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met in the same place to seek inspiration for...
Fifty years later, pope and patriarch meet again in Jerusalem
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 25, 2014 at 5:23 pm "We need to believe that, just as the stone before the tomb was cast aside, so, too, every obstacle to our full communion will also be removed," the pope said May 25 during a...
Christian pastor forcibly returned to Iranian prison
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 5:09 pm Washington D.C., May 25, 2014 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After being treated for two months in a hospital for injuries suffered from beatings during his imprisonment, Saeed...
Poem: Good Lord, Deliver Us!
Breviary Hymns - May 25, 2014 at 4:59 pm Good Lord, Deliver Us! is by the English poet, lawyer, and cleric in the Church of England, John Donne (1572-1631). It is included in the Poems for All Seasons Appendix of the...
The Weekly Francis – Volume 59 – 25 May 2014
The Curt Jester - May 25, 2014 at 4:54 pm
This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 11 to 25 May 2014.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches...
The Weekly Francis – 25 May 2014
Jimmy Akin.org - May 25, 2014 at 4:51 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 11 to 25 May 2014.
Regina Caeli
18 May 2014
25 May 2014
General Audiences
21 May 2014
Homilies
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Ending Capital Punishment: A Conservative Cause
Commonweal - May 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm Leon Neyfakh's article on "The Conservative Case Against the Death Penalty" deserves a wider audience that that of the Boston Globe (or Commonweal for that matter, but we do what...
Pope Francis: “Invoke from God the gift of peace”
The Deacon's Bench - May 25, 2014 at 3:01 pm Two remarkable moments from a remarkable day, via CNS. Pope Francis makes an unscheduled stop to pray at the West Bank wall dividing Palestine and Israel. And he meets and...
Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch meet in Jerusalem, issue common declaration
Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 2:36 pm Pope Francis met privately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, who holds a primacy of honor in Eastern Orthodoxy, at the apostolic delegation in Jerusalem on May 25.
The...
Two Recent Religious Discrimination Suits In New York
The Religion Clause - May 25, 2014 at 2:22 pm Two interesting religious discrimination suits filed in New York have been reported on in recent days by the media. TMZ (May 21) reports that Nicole Johnson, a devout Muslim, is...
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew pray together at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Catholic Herald - May 25, 2014 at 2:17 pm Half a century after a historic encounter between their predecessors, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met in the same place to seek inspiration for Christian...
Pope Francis arrives in Israel, appeals for dialogue, condemns anti-Semitism
Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 2:14 pm Pope Francis arrived in Tel Aviv on the afternoon of May 25, the second day of his three-day Holy Land pilgrimage, and was greeted by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime...
Pope invites Israeli, Palestinian leaders to Rome to pray for peace
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 25, 2014 at 2:05 pm Pope Francis invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to pray together at the Vatican for peace between their nations.
‘Violence cannot be defeated by violence,’ Pope tells young Palestinians
Catholic Herald - May 25, 2014 at 1:57 pm Pope Francis told young Palestinian refugees that “violence cannot be defeated by violence” during a visit to a refugee camp in Deheishe, near Bethlehem, earlier today.
The Pope...
