'The Real Scandal Is...' – while everyone's figured out how today's Declaration of the Holy Office (bit.ly/48iF5PT) fits in the grand scene, back in reality (and yet again), Pope's acrostic footnote to close his 1st Synod is back to save the day: bit.ly/3uRE3ZT

Alma Redemptóris Mater,
quæ pérvia cæli porta manes,
et stella maris,
succúrre cadénti,
súrgere qui curat, pópulo;

tu quæ genuísti, natúra miránte,
tuum sanctum Genitórem,
Virgo prius ac postérius,
Gabriélis ab ore
sumens illud Ave,
peccatórum miserére.

To be children of the Father and to build a fraternal world, the real challenge is to learn how to love everyone, even our enemies. Concretely, this means choosing not to have enemies, seeing in others not an obstacle to be overcome, but a brother or sister to be loved.

#PopeFrancis has named Msgr. Kevin Randall, a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn., to be an archbishop and nuncio to Bangladesh. A member of the Vatican diplomatic corps since 2001, he has served in Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Peru, South Africa, Mexico and Austria.

Pope Francis makes surprise appointment of missionary as Lisbon Patriarch americamagazine.org/faith/2023/08/…

“ We need normal seminarians, with their problems, who play soccer, and who don’t go to the neighborhoods to dogmatise,”  Pope Francis said...

With this spirit, Cardinal Bo of Myanmar shares photos of him and clergy of Myitkyina playing soccer

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the return flight from his Apostolic Journey to Portugal for #WYDLisbon , speaking about his health, his silent prayer for peace in Fatima, and his assertion that the Church is open to all.

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ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, talked with one of the young people who had the privilege of going to confession with Pope Francis on Friday, Aug. 4, at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. #WYD #Lisboa2023 #WYD Lisbon

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I leave you with this thought: walk and, if you fall, get up. Walk with a purpose; train every day of your life. Let us walk in hope, look to our roots, and strive ahead fearlessly. vatican.va/content/france…

Pope Francis’ welcoming comments touch hearts of pilgrims ow.ly/1L6J50Pt4lT #PopeInPortugal #WYDLisbon

The number of Christians in Iraq today is estimated at 150,000, compared to 1.5 million in 2003. Iraq’s total population is more than 40 million.
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Almighty and merciful God,
who made the Priest Saint John Vianney
wonderful in his pastoral zeal,
grant, we pray,
that through his intercession and example
we may in charity win brothers and sisters for Christ
and attain with them eternal glory.

“We realize that the great questions facing us are global, yet we often find it hard to respond to them precisely because our world is divided, and… incapable of confronting together what threatens us all.”

#PopeFrancis #PopeInPortugal

Pope, arriving in Portugal, promises to continue to 'stir things up' in Church reuters.com/world/europe/p…

It's not long until we welcome
Pope Francis to Portugal! 🎉😇

This afternoon, on the eve of his Apostolic Journey to WYD, the Holy Father prayed for the thousands of young people before the icon of Virgin Salus Populi Romani❤️

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#Lisboa2023 🇵🇹