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Let us Wash Each Others Feet in Love

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Pope Francis said: “There is much that we can do to benefit the poor, the needy and those who suffer, and to favor justice, promote reconciliation and build peace. But before all else we need to keep alive in our world the thirst for the absolute, and to counter the dominance of a one-dimensional vision of the human person, a vision which reduces human beings to what they produce and to what they consume: this is one of the most insidious temptations of our time.”

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Petition to our Holy Father: Consecration of Russia

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Another view of Our Lady of Fatima by Valeška,...

Petition to our Holy Father: Consecration of Russia.

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Vatican Spokesman Censures ‘Rolling Stone’ Article on Pope |Blogs | NCRegister.com

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I love Pope Francis, but than I love Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I & II, Pope Benedect XVI, now Emeritus.The Church is for all time, it’s past, present and future rest with the Holy Spirit. Terms like “progressive” and “conservative” don’t suit it well. People have terms and positions, the Church has Christ authority and is a mystery of His love, with a commission to preach His gospel as given, calling all people to repentance and Christ’s covenant love. It embraces real people, with real problems, selfishness, willful pride and unruly passions. It looks to grace, not vocabulary, changing mores, and labels, to help us bear our crosses in union with Jesus who was and is a sign of contradiction, and a stumbling block. The Father wants more than the lowest common denominator for us, while we want short cuts. Jesus want more than simple humanity, great as it is, for us. He is lifting us to supernatural Love. “Saved” will spare us Hell. “Holy” will allow us to live, and love in Heaven for all eternity. Pope Francis wants this for all God’s children.

Via NCRegister,com

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi has strongly criticised an article on Pope Francis that appears in the latest edition of Rolling Stone magazine.

Although he acknowledged that the Holy Father’s appearance on the publication’s front cover shows a diverse interest in the Pope, the Jesuit spokesman denounced the article’s negative portrayal of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s pontificate, saying the piece disqualifies itself as serious journalism.

“Unfortunately, the article disqualifies itself, falling into the usual mistake of a superficial journalism, which in order to highlight the positive aspects of Pope Francis, thinks it should describe in a negative way the pontificate of Pope Benedict, and does so with a surprising crudeness,” Fr. Lombardi said in a statement.

In the piece titled “Pope Francis: The Times They Are A-Changin'”, author Mark Binelli calls Benedict’s papacy “disastrous” and goes so far as to attack the former pontiff’s appearance and character. He also describes Benedict’s acclaimed apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis as “wonky” but without explaining further.

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Reaching Out to an Abortion-Wounded Nation | Daily News | NCRegister.com

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A conversation with Project Rachel’s Vicki Thorn.

BY SUE ELLEN BROWDER 01/22/2014 

Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel.

As crowds of impassioned pro-lifers gather once again on Jan. 22 for the annual March for Life in Washington, Pope Francis has said more should be done in reaching out to women who’ve had abortions.

Vicki Thorn, founder of the post-abortion apostolate Project Rachel, recently spoke to Register correspondent Sue Ellen Browder about why abortion is still such a hot-button emotional issue and how Catholics can help pour “oil on the wounds” of abortion in our culture today.

As the March for Life unfolds once again, what’s the

via Reaching Out to an Abortion-Wounded Nation | Daily News | NCRegister.com.

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Pope Francis takes on allegations and rumors about his papacy: 9 things to know and share |Blogs | NCRegister.com

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Pope Francis takes on allegations and rumors about his papacy: 9 things to know and share |Blogs | NCRegister.com.

Pope Francis Explains His Reference to “Trickle Down Economy”

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via Vatican Insider by ANDREA TORNIELLI  : ” The most striking part of the Exhortation was where it refers to an economy that “kills”…

“There is nothing in the Exhortation that cannot be found in the social Doctrine of the Church. I wasn’t speaking from a technical point of view, what I was trying to do was to give a picture of what is going on. The only specific quote I used was the one regarding the “trickle-down theories” which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and social inclusiveness in the world. The promise was that when the glass was full, it would overflow, benefiting the poor. But what happens instead, is that when the glass is full, it magically gets bigger nothing ever comes out for the poor. This was the only reference to a specific theory. I was not, I repeat, speaking from a technical point of view but according to the Church’s social doctrine. This does not mean being a Marxist.”