Papal homily from Sept. 3: the capacity to recognize ourselves as sinners opens us to the astonishment at the encounter with Jesus.

On Sept. 1, Pope Francis said Christians should comfort each other through good works and kind words and not with useless chatter.

Pope Francis presided over Vespers with the bishops, priests, deacons, men and women religious, seminarians and representatives of Paraguay's Catholic movements on Saturday evening in the cathedral of Asunciòn. Below, please find the full text of the Holy Father's prepared remarks in their

Pope Francis opened the Fifth National Eucharistic Congress in Bolivia with a Votive Mass for the Most Holy Eucharist in the city of Santa Cruz. The Congress will take place in the city of Tarija in the southern part of the country.In his homily, Pope Francis said those who had come to the Mass were

In his homily during the “Mass for the Evangelization of Peoples,” celebrated in Quito’s Parque Bicentenario (Bicentennial Park), Pope Francis focused on the theme of unity and independence. The Holy Father spoke of Jesus’ cry for unity at the Last Supper, and Latin

“The Word of God calls us to live in unity, that the world might believe.” With these words, Pope Francis set the theme of evangelization within the context of Jesus’ prayer for unity at the Last Supper, during his homily for Mass at Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador.Evangelizati