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“Listening to the Spirit requires a certain internal attitude," Pope Francis wrote in a preface to a book that was released on April 30 in Italian.

On March 27, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, Msgr.

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It takes the grit of a revolutionary to follow Christ and be genuinely happy in todays world, according to Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like his predecessors, Pope Francis repeatedly has encouraged the faithful to go against the tide to follow Jesus. Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis all have spoken about the resolve needed to go against the dominant current of secularism or worldliness and to avoid the deceptive and tempting pull of a superficial or hypocritical life. But, according to Pope Francis, it takes courage and the grit of a revolutionary not only to follow Christ in todays wor

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis repeatedly has encouraged the faithful to "go against the tide" to follow Jesus.

Pope Francis holds a private audience with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, and discusses the need for direct dialogue between ...