It fosters peace and unity within the human family. One might ask: do those Christians who bear serious responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility and courage to make a serious examination of conscience and to go to confession? 2/2
The Sacrament of Reconciliation restores our unity with God through the forgiveness of sins and the infusion of sanctifying grace. This generates the inner unity of the person and unity with the Church. 1/2
Those who lay down the weapons of pride and allow themselves to be continually renewed by God’s forgiveness become agents of reconciliation in everyday life. #Confession #Lent 2/2
Unity with God, with the Church, and within ourselves is a prerequisite for #Peace among people and nations. Only a reconciled person is capable of living in an unarmed and disarming way! 1/2
Let us continue to pray for peace in #Iran and throughout the #Middle East, especially for the many civilian victims, including many innocent children. May our prayer offer comfort to those who suffer and a seed of hope for the future. #PrayTogether
Fr. Pierre was a true shepherd. As soon as he heard that parishioners had been wounded in a bombing, he rushed to help without hesitation. May the Lord grant that the blood he shed become a seed of peace for beloved Lebanon. #PrayTogether 2/2
The funeral of Father Pierre El-Rahi, Maronite parish priest of a Christian village, is celebrated today in #Lebanon, as these villages once again experience the tragedy of war. I am close to all the Lebanese people in this time of grave trial. 1/2
It is a sign placed in the very heart of humanity, offering a reminder and prophecy of the unity and peace to which God the Father calls all His children. #GeneralAudience 2/2
The Church is a great sign of hope for our times, traversed by so many conflicts and wars. We are a people in which women and men of different nationalities, languages, and cultures live together in faith. 1/2
We must allow God to teach us how to listen as He does. We must recognize that the condition of the poor is a cry that, throughout human history, constantly challenges our lives, societies, political and economic systems, and, not least, the Church. #Lent
Pope Leo in Roman parish visit: “Reject all forms of violence, hatred, and division, and strive to be promoters of peace and reconciliation in today's world. Thus, from a young age, we can all learn to be peacemakers, something truly necessary in our world today.”
Let us #PrayTogether for the roar of bombs to cease, weapons to fall silent, and space to open for dialogue, in which people's voices may be heard. 2/2
Reports from #Iran and across the entire #MiddleEast continue to cause deep dismay and raise the fear that the conflict will expand, and that other countries in the region, including dear Lebanon, may once again sink into instability. 1/2
There is no energy better spent than that dedicated to freeing our heart. For this reason, Lent is a gift.
Jesus is God’s response to our thirst. The encounter with him stirs in the depths of each person “a spring of water gushing up to eternal life” (Jn 4:14). How many people in the entire world are searching even today for this spiritual spring! #GospelOfTheDay
Papal Preacher: “Peace is not only born from political agreements or diplomatic or military strategies, but from men and women who find the courage to be small.” www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
Fasting helps us to identify and order our “appetites,” keeping our hunger and thirst for justice alive and freeing us from complacency. It teaches us to pray and act responsibly towards our neighbor. #Lent 2/2
Fasting is a concrete way to prepare ourselves to receive the Word of God. Abstaining from food is an ancient ascetic practice that is essential on the path of conversion. 1/2
Let us #PrayTogether that nations move toward effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament, and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence. #PrayerIntention
Would you imagine what a world without wars would be like? #PrayTogether
Composed of men and women, the Church is divine. Even in our littleness and limitations, we can always serve as instruments in God’s hands to build up His Church. #GeneralAudience
Every path towards conversion begins when we allow the Word of God to touch our hearts and welcome it with a docile spirit. The Lenten journey is a welcome opportunity to heed the voice of the Lord and renew our commitment to follow Christ. #Lent
In these days, troubling news has also arrived of clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan. I urgently appeal for a return to dialogue. Let us #PrayTogether that harmony may prevail in all conflicts throughout the world. Only peace, a gift of God, can heal the wounds between peoples.
May diplomacy regain its proper role, and may the well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice, be upheld. And let us continue to pray for peace. 2/2
Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm. 1/2
Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue. 2/2
I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. 1/2
The Redeemer thus transfigures the wounds of history, enlightening our minds and hearts. (Mt 17:1-9) 2/2
The Transfiguration foreshadows the light of Easter: an event of death and resurrection, of darkness and new light that Christ radiates on all bodies scourged by violence, crucified by pain, or abandoned in misery. 1/2
I invite everyone to pray for the war-torn people of Ukraine and for all those who suffer due to this war and every conflict in the world, so that the long-awaited gift of peace may shine in our days.
