• Pope Francis will observe a papal tradition on Sunday, the feast of the Baptism of Lord, baptizing 33 infants during a Mass amid the splendor of Michelangelo’s ‎frescos in the Vatican’s famed Sistine Chapel.  The 12 male and 21 females are children of Vatican ‎employees.   Pouring water over their heads, he will formally welcome the babies as members of the Catholic Church.  The commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus by St…

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• On Thursday Friday 8th January 2014, the Holy Father received in audience a delegation from the World Community of Yezidi, according to the director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. The delegation was led by the Head of all the Yezidi, Mir Tahsin Said Ali Beg, and their supreme spiritual Head, the “Baba Sheikh”, Sheikh Khato, both resident in Iraqi Kurdistan…

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• Nhar is-Sibt 17 ta’ Jannar, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, jistieden lill-koppji kollha li żżewġu matul l-2014 għal Ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa flimkien. Din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni ser issir fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, u tibda fis-6:30 p.m.

  Fit-8 ta’ Frar, l-Isqof Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa li għaliha qed jistieden lill-koppji għarajjes li ser jiżżewġu din is-sena. Din ser issir fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, u tibda fis-6:30 p.m…

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• Pope Francis offered prayers on Thursday morning, especially for the victims of the deadly terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical review in Paris on Wednesday. Speaking during daily Mass in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican, the Holy Father said, “[Wednesday’s] terror attack in Paris brings to mind so much cruelty – human cruelty – so much terrorism, both isolated [incidents of] terrorism and of state terrorism,” adding, “of how much cruelty is man capable!” Pope Francis went on to say, “We pray, in this Mass, for the victims of this cruelty – so many of them – and we pray also for the perpetrators of such cruelty, that the Lord might change their heart.”

  Source: Vatican Radio

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• Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday, January 6th, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. Below, please find the official English translation of the Holy Father’s prepared remarks.

  Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis

  Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

  6 January 2015

  That child, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary, came not only for the people of Israel, represented by the shepherds of Bethlehem, but also for all humanity, represented today by the wise men from the East.  It is on the Magi and their journey in search of the Messiah that the Church today invites us to meditate and to pray…

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• “Men speak much of light, but often they prefer the deceptive tranquillity of the dark. We talk a lot about peace, but often resort to war or choose complicit silence, or do nothing to build peace”, said Pope Francis upon appearing at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square on the first Sunday of the year…

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