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11 hours ago · Pope Francis has spoken out against the liberalization of drug laws, calling such policies a "fantasy" and branding drug traffickers as "murderers." Francis used his weekly catechism lesson to ...
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- Nikolas Lanum
Mar 5, 2021 · FOX News chief religion correspondent Lauren Green has the latest on the papal visit to holy sites in Iraq
Mar 5, 2021 · BAGHDAD — Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside...
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- Penitent Pilgrim of Peace and Reconciliation
- Comfort to A Church in Trying Moments
- Hope in Spite of Suffering
“I come as a pilgrim, as a penitent pilgrim to implore forgiveness and reconciliation from the Lord after years of war and terrorism, to ask God for the consolation of hearts and the healing of wounds,” Pope Francis said. Recent decades marked by war, insecurity and persecution have dwindled the numbers of the once vibrant Christian communities in ...
Pope Francis, turning his thoughts to the many Christians who have borne witness to their faith in Jesus in the midst of difficult trials, expressed his gratitude to them and offered some fatherly words of comfort. “I look forward to seeing you,” the Pope said. “I am honored to meet a martyred Church. Thank you for your witness.” The Pope went on t...
The Pope continued to express his closeness and his message of hope to the many others who have suffered over the years but have not fallen. These, noted the Pope, include Christians, Muslims and more particularly, the Yazidis who “have suffered so much.” “I come to your blessed and wounded land as a pilgrim of hope,” said the Pope. “From you, in N...
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Mar 6, 2021 · An ancient prophecy says that the peoples “shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4). This prophecy has not been fulfilled; on the contrary, swords and spears have turned into missiles and bombs.
Mar 5, 2021 · Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to Iraq. The pontiff is making his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus...
Mar 5, 2021 · During the first papal visit to Iraq, Pope Francis called for peace between religions in a country where Christians are often persecuted by groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS.
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