(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Saturday afternoon with Communities of Religious at the “School of Love” in Kkottongnae. Approximately 5000 male and female religious were present for the event. In his address, Pope Francis spoke about the “great variety of charisms and apostolates” represented by the religious. The Holy Father reflected on the words…
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(Vatican Radio) At the conclusion of Pope Francis’ third day in Korea, the head of the Holy See press office, Fr Federico Lombardi, gave a briefing for the journalists from around the world who are gathered at the press centre in Seoul. He also took time to speak to our correspondent in the Korean capital,…
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(Vatican Radio) After having visited and prayed at the Seo So-Mun Shrine of the martyrs in Seoul on Saturday, Pope Francis celebrated the Beatification Mass for 124 Korean martyrs before the symbolic Gwanghwamun Gate in the presence of some 800,000 faithful. Sean Patrick Lovett who is in Seoul reporting on the Pope’s apostolic visit gives…
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CALLED TO ACT IN GOD’S NAME “Let all the nations praise you!” (Psalm 67:4) today’s psalm response exclaims. In the psalms and other Hebrew scriptures, this kind of invocation is actually an invitation to God to act, to intervene in human lives in a manner that will cause everyone—not just the Chosen People—to give…
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Bulletin: August 17, 2014-20th Sunday in Ordinary Time