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We are a group of Catholics from around Australia who just happened to be on a long-planned pilgrimage to Rome,
It is important that young men and women find, in our communities, welcome, listening, encouragement in their vocational journey,
he said, calling on the Church to nurture the next generation of believers We already feel a filial love for our father and guide, Leo XIV. He really has a gravity mixed with gentleness,
Already when I heard the last name I started crying and when he addressed a greeting in Spanish I was a sea of tears,
I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people,
Leo said, referring to Russia’s yearslong war against its neighbor I think he’s going to help complete and complement our political agenda. He’ll talk a lot about the immigrants as well because he knows about the sufferings of people and the real needs that they have for a better life,
My hope would be that he has, now, a new platform to reintroduce what the church has always called for in terms of its social justice agenda, and it will give people another opportunity to take a second look at what Francis was saying – but now in the words and the voice of an American who speaks like an American. I think that’s going to be very powerful going forward,
Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday And he knows too that people in Oceania, for instance, where the rising sea levels are just overwhelming those islands, where people are trying to escape; he sees the drug trade that’s happening in Central and South America, where there are weapons from the United States going there,
I, too, address the world’s great powers by repeating the ever-present call, ‘never again war’,
But there are so many other conflicts in the world,
The Church has such a great need for them!”
Do not be afraid! Welcome the Church's invitation and that of Christ the Lord!"
He also delivered a message to young Catholics regarding vocations, saying I wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new Ministry that the Church has given me, to carry forward this mission as Successor of Peter,
May the Virgin Mary, whose entire life was a response to the Lord’s call, always accompany us in following Jesus,
In today's dramatic scenario of a third world war in tatters, as repeatedly stated by Pope Francis, I also address the powerful of the world, repeating the ever-timely appeal: No more war!"
Leo urged from the balcony He stole our hearts, because he awakened Christianity. The pope turned his work towards the forgotten, desolate peoples,
Espinosa told Agence France-Presse Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released".
On Gaza, the pontiff said I welcomed the announcement of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan and I hope that through negotiations we can reach a lasting agreement,
Let us take up the invitation that Pope Francis left us in his Message for today: the invitation to welcome and accompany young people,
Leo said Sunday from the balcony, speaking in fluent Italian He said it was his dream to come to Rome, ... and he’s [Liam] turning 18. So I took the two of them for their birthdays.”