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Pope at Mass in Mexico city: Mary tells us that those who suffer do not weep in vain
(Vatican Radio) On the first full day of his visit to Mexico, Pope Francis, celebrated Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City.The shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, is the most visited Catholic pilgrimage site in the world and one that is particularly important to the first Latin American pope.
Vatican Weekend for February 13, 2016
(Vatican Weekend) Vatican Weekend for February 13, 2016 features reports and interviews on the first days of Pope Francis' Apostolic journey to Mexico from the 12th to the 17th of February. It also focusses on the historic encounter between Pope Francis and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Havana, Cuba, a meeting that took place while the Pope made his way to Mexico City.
Pope Francis: in Mexico as missionary of mercy and peace
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis delivered the first major address of his visit to Mexico on Saturday, to the nation’s civil authorities and the corps of diplomats present for the occasion. In his remarks, the Holy Father described himself once again as “a missionary of mercy and of peace,” and also as, “a son who wishes to pay homage to his mother, the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe, and place himself under her watchful care.”
Bishops of Congo call on nation to embrace love and forgiveness
Congo Brazzaville's Catholic newspaper, “La Semaine Africaine” reports this week that the Bishops of Congo Brazzaville, at the end of their Plenary Assembly, have released a pastoral statement calling on the people of the Republic of Congo to live their “Christian vocation as witnesses of God’s mercy to others.” This, the Bishops emphasise, “means showing God’s forgiveness, compassion, tenderness and love, to build a fairer Congo, where unity, reconciliation, dialogue, harmony and sharing take precedence over selfishness, hatred, rancour, vindictiveness and divisions,” the Bishops emphasise.
