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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 6 November 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Within just days of the Solemnity of All Saints and of the Commemoration of the faithful departed, this Sunday’s Liturgy invites us once again to reflect upon the mystery of the resurrection of the dead. The Gospel (cf. Lk 20:27-38) presents Jesus confronted by several Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection and considered the relationship with God...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Sweden in Solemnity of all Saints

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO SWEDEN (31 OCTOBER - 1 NOVEMBER 2016) SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Swedbank Stadion, Malmö Tuesday, 1 November 2016 [Multimedia]   As we conclude this celebration, I would like to express my gratitude to Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm for his kind words, and to the civil authorities and all who helped in the planning and execution of this visit. I offer a cordial greeting to the President and the Secretary...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS St Peter's Square Sunday, 30 October 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s Gospel presents us with an event that happened in Jericho, when Jesus entered the city and was welcomed by the crowd (cf. Lk 19:1-10). In Jericho lived Zacchaeus, the chief of the “publicans”, that is, of the tax collectors. Zacchaeus was a wealthy agent of the hated Roman occupation, an exploiter of his people. Out of curiosity, he too wanted to see Jesus,...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 23 October 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The second Reading of the day’s Liturgy presents to us Saint Paul’s exhortation to Timothy, his collaborator and chosen son, in which he thinks back on his existence as an Apostle wholly consecrated to the mission (cf. 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18). Now seeing the end of his earthly journey, he describes it in reference to three seasons: the present, past and future. The present...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

  POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 16 October 2016 [Multimedia]     At the end of this celebration, I would like to cordially greet all of you, who have come from various countries to pay homage to the new Saints. A different thought goes in a special way to the official Delegations of Argentina, Spain, France, Italy and Mexico. May the example and intercession of these luminous witnesses sustain the commitment of each one in his or her respective fields of...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 9 October 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, I was greatly saddened to hear the news of the grave consequences of the hurricane that in recent days struck the Caribbean, and Haiti in particular, leaving behind many victims and homeless, in addition to considerable material damage. I assure my closeness to the population and express my confidence in the sense of solidarity of the international community, the Catholic...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 25 September 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Yesterday, Engelmar Unzeitig was beatified in Würzburg, Germany. This priest of the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries was killed in hatred of the Faith in Dachau concentration camp. He countered hatred with love, and he responded to ferocity with meekness. May his example help us to be witnesses of charity and hope even in the midst of trials. I willingly extend my support...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 18 September 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today, Jesus invites us to reflect on two opposing ways of life: the way of the world and that of the Gospel — the worldly spirit is not the spirit of Jesus — and He does so by recounting the parable of the unfaithful and corrupt steward, who is praised by Jesus, despite his dishonesty (cf. Lk 16:1-13). We must point out immediately that this administrator is not...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 11 September 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s liturgy brings us to Chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke, considered the chapter on mercy. It relates three parables with which Jesus responds to the grumbling of the scribes and the Pharisees, who are criticizing his actions, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them” (v. 2). With these three stories, Jesus wants to make us understand that God...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 4 September 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we prepare to conclude this celebration, I wish to greet and to thank all of you who have participated. First of all the Missionaries of Charity, who are Mother Teresa’s spiritual family. May your holy Foundress always watch over your path and help you to always be faithful to God, to the Church and to the poor. With grateful respect I greet the authorities present, in particular...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 28 August 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In the scene from today’s Gospel passage, Jesus, in the home of one of the chief Pharisees, observes that the guests at lunch rush to choose the first place. It is a scene that we have seen so often: seeking the best place even “with our elbows”. Observing this scene, Jesus shares two short parables, and with them two instructions: one concerning the place, and the other...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 28 August 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In the scene from today’s Gospel passage, Jesus, in the home of one of the chief Pharisees, observes that the guests at lunch rush to choose the first place. It is a scene that we have seen so often: seeking the best place even “with our elbows”. Observing this scene, Jesus shares two short parables, and with them two instructions: one concerning the place, and the other...

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Pope Francis Angelus: Solemnity of the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary

SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Monday, 15 August 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Happy Feast of the Assumption! The Gospel passage (Lk 1:39-56) of today’s Feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven describes the encounter between Mary and her cousin Elizabeth, emphasizing that “Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah” (v. 39). In those days, Mary hastened to a...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 14 August 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The Gospel for this Sunday (Lk 12:49-53) is part of Jesus’ teachings to the disciples during his journey to Jerusalem, where death on the cross awaits him. To explain the purpose of his mission, he takes three images: fire, baptism and division. Today I wish to talk about the first image: fire. Jesus expresses it with these words: “I came to cast...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 7 August 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In the text of today’s Gospel (Lk 12:32-48), Jesus speaks to his disciples about the attitude to assume in view of the final encounter with him, and explains that the expectation of this encounter should impel us to live a life full of good works. Among other things he says: “Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 24 July 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The Gospel this Sunday (Lk 11:1-13) opens with the scene of Jesus who is praying alone, apart from the others; when he finishes, the disciples ask him: “Lord, teach us to pray” (v. 1); and He says in reply, “When you pray, say: ‘Father...’”(v. 2). This word is the “secret” of Jesus’ prayer, it is the key that he himself gives to us so that we too might enter into that...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 17 July 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In today’s Gospel the Evangelist Luke writes about Jesus who, on the way to Jerusalem, enters a village and is welcomed into the home of two sisters: Martha and Mary (cf. Lk 10:38-42). Both welcome the Lord, but they do so in different ways. Mary sits at Jesus’ feet and listens to his words (cf. v. 39), whereas Martha is completely caught up in preparing things; at a...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 10 July 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s liturgy presents us with the parable of the “Good Samaritan”, taken from the Gospel of Luke (10:25-37). This passage, this simple and inspiring story, indicates a way of life, which has as its main point not ourselves, but others, with their difficulties, whom we encounter on our journey and who challenge us. Others challenge us. And when others do not...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 3 July 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s Gospel passage, taken from the tenth Chapter of the Gospel of Luke (vv. 1-12, 17-20), makes us consider how necessary it is to invoke God, “the Lord of harvest to send out laborers” (v. 2). The “laborers” whom Jesus speaks of are the missionaries of the Kingdom of God, whom he himself calls and sends on “ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square, Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

    SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 29 June 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today we celebrate the Feast of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, praising God for their preaching and their witness. On the faith of these two Apostles was founded the Church of Rome, which has always venerated them as Patrons. However, the entire universal Church, which looks to them with admiration,...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 19 June 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The Gospel passage this Sunday (Lk 9:18-24) calls us to once again confront Jesus “face to face”, so to speak. In one of the rare quiet moments when he is alone with his disciples, he asks them: “Who do the people say that I am?” (v. 18). They responded to him, saying: “John the Baptist; others say Elijah; others say one of the ancient prophets who has risen” (v. 19)....

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 12 June 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters! Yesterday, in Vercelli, Fr Giacomo Abbondo was proclaimed Blessed. He lived in the 1700’s, in love with God, educated and always available to his parishioners. Let us join in the joy and thanksgiving of the Diocese of Vercelli. As well as with that of Monreale, where today Sr Carolina Santocanale, Foundress of the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes, was also beatified. Born...

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Papa Francesco: Angelus in Piazza San Pietro

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 5 June 2016 [Multimedia]     The word of God, which we have just heard, points us to the central event of our faith: God’s victory over suffering and death. It proclaims the Gospel of hope, born of Christ’s paschal mystery, whose splendour is seen on the face of the Risen Lord and reveals God our Father as one who comforts all of us in our afflictions. That word calls us to remain united to the Passion of the Lord Jesus, so that the...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 29 May 2016 [Multimedia]   At the end of this celebration, I wish to extend a special greeting to you, dear deacons, who have come from Italy and other countries. Thanks for your presence here today, but most of all, your presence in the Church! I greet all the pilgrims, in particular those from the European Association of Schützen historians; participants in the “Way of Forgiveness” promoted by the Celestiniano Movement; and the...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square, Soleminty of Pentecost

SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 15 May 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, which completes the Season of Easter, 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ. The liturgy invites us to open our mind and our heart to the gift of the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus promised on several occasions to his disciples: the first and most important gift that he obtained for us with his...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square, Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS St Peter's Square Feast of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday, 22 May 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today, the Feast of the Holy Trinity, the Gospel of St John gives us part of the long farewell discourse pronounced by Jesus shortly before his Passion. In this discourse, he explains to the disciples the deepest truths about himself, and thus he outlines the relationship between Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Jesus knows...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 8 May 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today, in Italy and in other countries, we are celebrating the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven, which occurred 40 days after Easter. Let us contemplate the mystery of Jesus who leaves our earthly space to enter the fullness of the glory of God, taking our humanity with him. In other words, our humanity enters heaven for the first time. The Gospel of Luke describes the...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 1st May 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s Gospel takes us back to the Upper Room. During the Last Supper, before confronting his passion and death on the cross, Jesus promises the Apostles the gift of the Holy Spirit, who will have the task of teaching and recalling [Jesus’] words to the community of disciples. Jesus says: “the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Fifth Sunday of Easter, 24 April 2016 [Multimedia]   At the end of this Jubilee celebration, my thought goes in a special way to you, dear boys and girls. You have come to Italy from different parts of the world to live a moment of faith and fraternal conviviality. Thank you for your joyful and enthusiastic witness. Go forth with courage! Yesterday in Burgos, Spain, Fr Valentín Palencia Marquina and his four companion martyrs were declared...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square

  POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Fourth Sunday of Easter, 17 April 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s Gospel (Jn 10:27-30) offers us some of Jesus’ expressions during the feast of the dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem, which is celebrated at the end of December. He is found on the Temple grounds, and perhaps that enclosed sacred space suggested to Him the image of the sheepfold and the shepherd. Jesus is presented as “the Good...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Third Sunday of Easter, 10 April 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s Gospel recounts the third apparition of the Risen Jesus to the disciples, with the account of the miraculous catch on the shore of the lake of Galilee (cf. Jn 21:1-19). The narrative is situated in the context of the everyday life of the disciples, who returned to their land and to their work as fishermen, after the shocking days of the...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Second Sunday of Easter (or Divine Mercy Sunday), 3 April 2016 [Multimedia]   On this day, which is like the heart of the Holy Year of Mercy, my thought goes to all the populations who thirst for reconciliation and peace. I think in particular, here in Europe, of the tragedy of those who are suffering the consequences of violence in Ukraine: of those who remain in lands shocked by the hostilities which have already caused thousands of deaths,...

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Pope Francis Regina Coeli in Saint Peter's Square on Easter Monday

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Easter Monday, 28 March 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good Morning! On this Monday after Easter, called “Monday of the Angel” our hearts are again filled with the joy of Easter. After the Lenten season, the time of penance and conversion, which the Church has lived with particular intensity during this Holy Year of Mercy; after the striking celebrations of the Holy Triduum; today too, we stand before Jesus’ empty tomb, and we...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Palm Sunday, 20 March 2016 [Multimedia]   I greet all of you who have taken part in this celebration and those who have joined us by television, radio and other means of communication. Today we are celebrating the 31st World Youth Day, which will culminate at the end of July with the great World Meeting in Krakow. The theme is “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5:7). My special greeting goes to all the young...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Fifth Sunday of Lent, 13 March 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The Gospel of this Fifth Sunday of Lent (cf. Jn 8:1-11) is so beautiful, I really enjoy reading and rereading it. It presents the episode of the adulterous woman, highlighting the theme of the mercy of God, who never wants the sinner to die, but that the sinner convert and live. The scene unfolds on the Temple grounds. Imagine that there on the parvis [of St...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Fourth Sunday of Lent, 6 March 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In Chapter 15 of Luke’s Gospel, we find three parables of mercy: that of the sheep found (vv. 4-7), that of the coin found (vv. 8-10), and the great parable of the prodigal son, or rather, of the merciful father (vv. 11-32). Today, it would be nice for each of us to open Chapter 15 of the Gospel according to Luke, and read these three parables. During the...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Third Sunday of Lent, 28 February 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Unfortunately, every day the press reports bad news: homicides, accidents, catastrophes.... In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus refers to two tragic events which had caused a stir: a cruel suppression carried out by Roman soldiers in the temple, and the collapse of the tower of Siloam in Jerusalem, which resulted in 18 deaths (cf. Lk 13:1-5). Jesus is aware...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Second Sunday of Lent, 21 February 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The second Sunday of Lent presents us the Gospel of Jesus’ Transfiguration. The apostolic visit that I made to Mexico some days ago was an experience of transfiguration for all of us. How so? Because the Lord has shown us the light of his glory through the body of the Church, of his holy people that live in this land. It is a body so often...

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Angelus: Apostolic journey of his Holiness Pope Francis to Mexico

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS  TO MEXICO  (12-18 FEBRUARY 2016) ANGELUS Study Center of Ecatepec Sunday, 14 February 2016 [Multimedia]   My Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the first reading of this Sunday, Moses offers a directive to the people.  At harvest time, a the time of abundance and first fruits, do not forget your beginnings, do not forget where you came from. Thanksgiving is something which is born and grows among a people capable of remembering. It...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 31 January 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today’s Gospel account once again, like last Sunday, brings us to the synagogue of Nazareth, the village in Galilee where Jesus was brought up in a family and was known by everyone. He, who left not long before to begin his public life, now returns and for the first time presents himself to the community, gathered in the synagogue on the Sabbath. He reads the passage of...

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Pope Francis Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 17 January 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! This Sunday’s Gospel presents the prodigious event that occurred at Cana, a village in Galilee, during a wedding feast also attended by Mary and Jesus, with his first disciples (cf. Jn 2:1-11). The Mother points out to her Son that the wine has run out, and, after responding that his hour had not yet come, Jesus nevertheless accepts her request and gives to the bride...

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Pope Francis Angelus: Feast of the Baptism of the lord

FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 10 January 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! On this Sunday after the Epiphany, we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus, and we gratefully recall our Baptism. In this context, this morning I baptized 26 infants: let us pray for them! The Gospel presents Jesus, in the waters of the River Jordan, at the centre of a wondrous divine revelation. St Luke writes: “when Jesus also had been...

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Pope Francis Angelus: Solemnity of the Epiphani of the Lord

SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 6 January 2016 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In today’s Gospel, the narrative of the Magi coming from the East to Bethlehem to adore the Messiah, conveys a breath of universality to the Feast of the Epiphany. This is the breath of the Church which wants all peoples of the earth to be able to encounter Jesus, to experience his merciful love. This is the desire of the...

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Pope Francis: Angelus in Saint Peter's Square

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 3 January 2016 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Sunday! The Liturgy today, the Second Sunday after Christmas, presents us the Prologue of the Gospel of St John, in which it is proclaimed that “the Word” — that is, the creative Word of God — “became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14). In other words, that Word, which dwells in heaven in the dimension of God, came upon the earth so that we should hear it and we could know and...

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Pope Francis Angelus: Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Josephi

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 27 December 2015 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! How well you children sing. Well done! In the climate of joy which is truly that of Christmas, we celebrate this Sunday the Feast of the Holy Family. I am thinking again of the great meeting in Philadelphia this past September; of the many families I have met on my Apostolic Journeys; and of those...

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Pope Francis Angelus: Feast of st Stephen, Protomartyr

FEAST OF ST STEPHEN, PROTOMARTYR POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Saturday, 26 December 2015 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today we celebrate the Feast of St Stephen. The remembrance of the first martyr follows immediately after the solemnity of Christmas. Yesterday we contemplated the merciful love of God, who became flesh for us. Today we see the consistent response of Jesus’ disciple, who gives his life. Yesterday the Saviour was born on earth;...

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Pope Francis Angelus: IV Sunday of Advent

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 20 December 2015 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! The Gospel for this Sunday of Advent highlights the figure of Mary. We see her when, just after having conceived in faith the Son of God, she makes the long trip from Nazareth, in Galilee, to the hill country of Judah, to visit and help her cousin Elizabeth. The Angel Gabriel had revealed to her that her elderly relative, who did not have children, was in her sixth...

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Pope Francis Angelus: III Sunday Advent

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 13 December 2015 [Multimedia]   Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! In today’s Gospel, there is a question posed three times: “What shall we do?” (Lk 3:10, 12, 14). It is raised to John the Baptist by three categories of people: First, the crowd in general; second, the publicans or tax collectors; and, third, some soldiers. Each of these groups questions the prophet on what must be done to implement the conversion that he is...

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Pope Francis Angelus: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS Saint Peter's Square Tuesday, 8 December 2015 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning and happy feast day! Today the Feast of the Immaculate Conception leads us to contemplate Our Lady who, by unique privilege, was preserved from original sin from the very moment of her conception. Even living in a world marked by sin, she was not touched by it: Mary is our sister in suffering, but...

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Pope Francis Regina Caeli: Second Sunday of Easter

POPE FRANCIS REGINA CÆLI Saint Peter's Square Second Sunday of Easter (or Divine Mercy Sunday), 12 April 2015 [Multimedia]     Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning! Today is the eighth day after Easter, and the Gospel according to John documents for us the two appearances of the Risen Jesus to the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room, where on the evening of Easter Thomas was absent, and eight days later, he was present. The first time, the Lord showed them the wounds to his body,...

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