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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
Students at Saint John the Baptist elementary and middle schools and Juan Diego Catholic High School frequently attend Mass at the Skaggs Catholic Center, but the Sept. 24 celebration was unique, and one that will be remembered as historic.
The outdoor Mass, which was celebrated the same day as Pope Francis’ unprecedented address to a joint session of the United States Congress, honored the Holy Father’s first visit to the U.S.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats always must remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis asked the world’s young Catholics to perform spiritual and corporal works of mercy every month in the run-up to World Youth Day next July.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
NEW YORK (CNS) — Pope Francis’ Sept. 25 visit to Ground Zero was unlike any of his other stops in New York or Washington. It was somber, quiet and reflective, fitting for the location and for the assembled crowd of about 1,000 people who had been directly impacted by the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Two well-known Christian preachers agreed: Joy in family life is among the most powerful tools to take Jesus to others.
The last keynote of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia took a tag-team approach, when Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and evangelical pastor Rick Warren took to the stage Sept. 25 and urged families to answer their missionary call.
The two churchmen shared the one-hour slot to give their respective reflections on the theme, “The Joy of the Gospel of Life,” peppering their talks with humor and personal experience in their own particular style.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
NEW YORK (CNS) — Seeing New York for the first time in his 78 years of life, Pope Francis said he knew Madison Square Garden was an important gathering place for sporting events and concerts. For him, it was transformed into a chapel in the heart of the Big Apple.
True peace in a big city comes from seeing the vast variety of people not as a bother, but as a brother or sister, Pope Francis said in his homily during the Mass Sept. 25 at “The Garden,” where 20,000 people gathered to pray with him.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
SANTIAGO, Cuba (CNS) — Pope Francis called Cubans to a “revolution of tenderness” as he celebrated Mass in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the country’s patroness.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The past, the promise and the potential of the United States must not be smothered by bickering and even hatred at a time when the U.S. people and indeed the world need a helping hand, Pope Francis told the U.S. Congress.
Making history by being the first pope ever to address a joint meeting of Congress, Pope Francis was introduced to the legislators by the House sergeant at arms Sept. 24 with the words: “Mr. Speaker, the pope of the Holy See.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
Parish Game Night — Saturday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m. in Our Lady of Lourdes Church’s social hall, 670 South 1100 East, SLC. Cost is $15 for games and $5 for dinner.
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Friday, Oct. 02, 2015
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Acknowledging the real challenges and burdens bishops in the United States face in their ministry, Pope Francis shared with them his own experience as a pastor and urged them to keep their eyes focused on Jesus and their hearts open to others.
“Woe to us,” he said, “if we make of the cross a banner of worldly struggles and fail to realize that the price of lasting victory is allowing ourselves to be wounded and consumed.”
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