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In Bethlehem, near site of Christ’s birth, pope speaks out for children
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - May 25, 2014 at 1:52 pm "Wherever children are accepted, loved, cared for and protected, the family is healthy, society is more healthy and the world is more human," the pope said.
Overcome violence with peace, Pope tells Palestinian refugees
Catholic Culture - World News - May 25, 2014 at 1:42 pm Concluding his brief visit to territory governed by the Palestinian Authority, Pope Francis traveled to Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem and met with children from three...
50 Years On - Pope Francis renews hopes for continued dialogue with all Christians
News.va - May 25, 2014 at 1:42 pm
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has reiterated the hope already expressed by his predecessors for a continued dialogue with all Christians.
Speaking on Sunday evening during a ...
Blog from the Holy Land: ‘The Pope is here so people remember us’
Catholic Herald - May 25, 2014 at 1:30 pm For the pastoral Pope who seems in a hurry, Francis’s ceremonial duties must prove onerous at times.
When his helicopter landed on the tarmac at Ben Gurion airport this afternoon...
Christ's resurrection unites us, Pope tells faithful in Israel
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 1:28 pm Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 12:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At an ecumenical celebration in Jerusalem during his visit to the region, Pope Francis told inter-denominational...
The Transfiguration {Jesus’ Guide to the New Year through the Rosary}
CatholicMom.com - May 25, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Editor’s Note: We’re continuing our journey through the rosary with Jesus as our guide.
“And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, raise...
Full text: Common Declaration of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
Catholic Herald - May 25, 2014 at 1:15 pm 1. Like our venerable predecessors Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras who met here in Jerusalem fifty years ago, we too, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch...
We came to pray with our Pope, says papal Mass volunteer
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 1:08 pm Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 12:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A leader of one of the Boy Scout troops manning the entrances to Pope Francis’ Mass in Bethlehem today explained that...
"Every Time We Build Unity, We Confess That Christ Is Truly Risen!"
Whispers in the Loggia - May 25, 2014 at 1:05 pm ADDRESS OF POPE FRANCISSERVICE WITH THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IBASILICA OF THE HOLY SEPULCHREJERUSALEM25 MAY 2014In this Basilica, which all Christians regard with the...
Choir director: singing for the Pope is like welcoming your father
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 12:58 pm Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 11:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The director of the choir who sang during Pope Francis’ Mass in Bethlehem earlier today expressed that to sing for the...
Choir director: singing for the Pope is like welcoming your father
EWTN - Vatican News - May 25, 2014 at 12:58 pm Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 12:58 pm (EWTN News).- The director of the choir who sang during Pope Francis' Mass in
Bethlehem earlier today expressed that to sing for the...
Pope makes new Christian unity step in meeting with Patriarch
Catholic News Agency - General - May 25, 2014 at 12:56 pm Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 11:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a declaration delivered at the end of a private meeting, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Costantinople...
Pope makes new Christian unity step in meeting with Patriarch
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 25, 2014 at 12:56 pm Jerusalem, Israel, May 25, 2014 / 12:56 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
In a declaration delivered at the end of a private meeting, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Costantinople...
Pope speaks out for children during Bethlehem visit
Catholic Herald - May 25, 2014 at 12:53 pm Celebrating Mass a few steps from the spot traditionally believed to the birthplace of Jesus, Pope Francis said that the way society treats its young reveals its moral character....
Pope Francis speaks at ecumenical celebration in Jerusalem
News.va - May 25, 2014 at 12:52 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis lamented the “tragic” divisions between Christians and said our disagreements must not frighten us and paralyse our progress towards unity. His...
Short 30 for 30 slam dunk that gets the faith angle just right
GetReligion - May 25, 2014 at 12:51 pm You have to be a pretty intense hoops fan to remember many of the details of the career of Shawn Bradley. Other than, of course, you know what. Take a look at the YouTube at the...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - May 25, 2014 at 12:36 pm In Sutton v. City of Philadelphia, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70242 (ED PA, May 21, 2014). a Pennsylvania federal district court, while dismissing a Muslim inmate's complaint that he...
The Pope: The “Two State Solution” must become reality and not remain merely a dream
Vatican Insider - May 25, 2014 at 12:03 pmFrancis at the Bethlehem Security Wall
Commonweal - May 25, 2014 at 11:59 am When Pope John Paul II prayed at the Western Wall in March, 2000, I was watching on a big screen in the press room at the Jerusalem convention center. Covering the pope's...
Pope invites Israeli and Palestinian leaders to Rome to pray for peace
Catholic Herald - May 25, 2014 at 11:46 am Pope Francis invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to pray together at the Vatican for peace between their nations.
The Pope made the...
