Pope Venerates Relics of Peruvian Saints In City’s Cathedral: Full Text

Sunday, January 21, 2018

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God our Father, through Jesus Christ you founded your Church on the rock of the Apostles, that, guided by the Holy Spirit she may be a sign and instrument of your love and mercy in the world: we thank you for the gifts you have bestowed upon our Church in Lima. that, guided by the […]

Pope Francis’ Speech at the University of Chile in Santiago

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

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President Dr Ignacio Sanchez, Distinguished University Authorities, Dear Professors and Administrators, Dear Students, I am happy to be here with you at this House of Studies, which in its 130 years of life has rendered a priceless service to the country. I thank the President for his words of welcome on behalf of all present. […]

Pope Francis’ Speech to Young People: Full Text

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

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Ariel, I too am happy to be with you. Thank you for your words of welcome in the name of all present. I am the one who is grateful for being able to share this time with you. For me, it is very important for us to meet and walk with one another for a […]

Pope Francis’ Homily in Temuco, Chile: Full Text

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

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Pope Francis presides Mass at the Maquehue Airport: Full Text of Homily “Mari, Mari” [Good morning!] “Küme tünngün ta niemün” [“Peace be with you!” (Lk 24:36)] I thank God for allowing me to visit this beautiful part of our continent, the Araucanía. It is a land blessed by the Creator with immense and fertile green […]

Pope Francis’ Homily at O’Higgins Park: Santiago, Chile

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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Pope Francis’ Homily at O’Higgins Park: Santiago, Chile When Jesus saw the crowds…” (Mt 5:1). In these first words of today’s Gospel we discover how Jesus wants to encounter us, the way that God always surprises his people (cf. Ex 3:7). The first thing Jesus does is to look out and see the faces of […]

Pope Prays for Chile and Iraqi Christians & March’s Papal Intentions

Monday, March 1, 2010

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Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers at his Sunday Angelus Address yesterday for Chile. A 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the South American nation on Saturday. At least 700 have been killed, half-a-million homes destroyed, and 1.5 million people affected. “My thought goes out to Chile and the populations affected by the earthquake, which caused numerous losses […]