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We “can always care for the sick person, caress them, even if healing is not always possible,” said the Holy Father.

“Immediately stop the bombs and missiles and end hostile attitudes. Everywhere," said the Pope

Pope said it will range “from thanksgiving to intercession; from contemplative prayer to the prayer of consolation; from adoration to supplication.”

Pope noted that being a journalist is a vocation, something like that of a doctor, “who chooses to love humanity by caring for its illnesses” because they “choose to personally touch the wounds of society and the world”.

“The Syrian people are condemned to die without being able to say a word,” said Archbishop Jacques Mourad in an interview with Vatican News.

Around 6,500 people attended the customary end-of-year celebration, and several more awaited Pope Francis outside the Basilica.

"The wonder of Christmas" is that an infinite God "becomes finite for our sake," said Pope Francis.

“We also pray that the investigation of Ukon's miracles will be completed, approved, and canonized at least within the next year or two,” said Archbishop Thomas Aquinas Manyo Cardinal Maeda.

“This is my wish for you: to be attentive, in your homes and families, to the little things of everyday life, to small gestures of gratitude," said pope Francis.

"Blessing same-sex couples will be feasible without the need for any form of ritualization or provision of the appearance of matrimony," said Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

“I need you to pray for my health [because] … old age does not come by itself … it does not make itself up, it presents itself as it is,” Francis said.

“Those who work at the Holy See and the Vatican City State certainly do so faithfully and honestly, but the lure of corruption is so dangerous that we must be extremely vigilant,” Pope Francis said.

“The Church is a Woman”, says Pope Francis to Council of Cardinals

“The choice of themes for all the workshops and round tables, as well as the multimedia materials available through the digital platform “Communicating Religious Life,” said the statement.

“I would then like to invite you to rediscover your vocation as 'apostles of peace' in every sphere of life," said the Holy Father.

Catholics must be reminded that active membership in Masonic lodges is forbidden because of the “irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry," said Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández.

“In this issue the religious leader has a voice to say something and to add motivation to the present commitment of the world to tackle this issue,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

Rajendra said, “It is a proud moment for me that my father died for the faith in Christ. He is the true witness to the whole world of firm faith in God.”

Our assembly took place in the context of a world in crisis, whose wounds and scandalous inequalities resonated painfully in our hearts, infusing our work with a particular gravity, especially since some of us come from countries where war rages.

"The first Asian woman presided at the at the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Monday, October 16, for the first time in the history of the Church" Bishop David.