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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis led the Church of Rome into Holy Week on Sunday – Palm Sunday, 2017 – with Mass in St. Peter’s Square.The Mass included a traditional procession to mark the triumphant entrance of Our Lord into the holy city of Jerusalem at the beginning of the week that would culminate in His Passion, Death and Resurrection.Click below to hear our report “This Jesus, who accepts the hosannas of the crowd,” said Pope Francis in his homily, “knows full well that they will soon be followed by the cry: ‘Crucify him!’ He does not ask us to contemplate Him only in pictures and photographs, or in the videos that circulate on the internet. No. He is present in our many brothers and sisters who today endure sufferings like his own: they suffer from slave labour, from family tragedies, from diseases. They suffer from wars and terrorism, from interests that are armed and ready to strike. Women and men who are cheated, v...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis led the Church of Rome into Holy Week on Sunday – Palm Sunday, 2017 – with Mass in St. Peter’s Square.
The Mass included a traditional procession to mark the triumphant entrance of Our Lord into the holy city of Jerusalem at the beginning of the week that would culminate in His Passion, Death and Resurrection.
Click below to hear our report
“This Jesus, who accepts the hosannas of the crowd,” said Pope Francis in his homily, “knows full well that they will soon be followed by the cry: ‘Crucify him!’ He does not ask us to contemplate Him only in pictures and photographs, or in the videos that circulate on the internet. No. He is present in our many brothers and sisters who today endure sufferings like his own: they suffer from slave labour, from family tragedies, from diseases. They suffer from wars and terrorism, from interests that are armed and ready to strike. Women and men who are cheated, violated in their dignity, discarded.”
The Holy Father went on to say, “Jesus is in them, in each of them, and, with marred features and broken voice, He asks to be looked in the eye, to be acknowledged, to be loved.”
(Vatican Radio) Egypt’s Christian community was the target of a pair of terror attacks in different cities on Sunday, in which dozens of people were killed and scores of others injured.Click below to hear our report In Alexandria, an explosion outside St Mark’s cathedral killed 11 people.Pope Tawadros II had been attending Mass inside, though he was unhurt.An earlier blast at St George’s church in Tanta in the Nile Delta north of Cairo killed more than two dozen people.The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for both attacks.
(Vatican Radio) Egypt’s Christian community was the target of a pair of terror attacks in different cities on Sunday, in which dozens of people were killed and scores of others injured.
Click below to hear our report
In Alexandria, an explosion outside St Mark’s cathedral killed 11 people.
Pope Tawadros II had been attending Mass inside, though he was unhurt.
An earlier blast at St George’s church in Tanta in the Nile Delta north of Cairo killed more than two dozen people.
The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for both attacks.
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus does not ask that people only contemplatehis image, but that they also recognize and love him concretely in all peoplewho suffer like he did, Pope Francis said.Jesus is "present in our many brothers and sisters whotoday endure sufferings like his own -- they suffer from slave labor, fromfamily tragedies, from diseases. They suffer from wars and terrorism, frominterests that are armed and ready to strike," the pope said April 9 as hecelebrated the Palm Sunday Mass of the Lord's Passion.In his noon Angelus address, the pope also decried recentterrorist attacks in Sweden and Egypt, calling on "those who sow terror,violence and death," including arms' manufacturers and dealers, to changetheir ways.In his prayers for those affected by the attacks, the popealso expressed his deepest condolences to "my dear brother, His HolinessPope Tawadros, the Coptic church and the entire beloved Egyptian nation,"which the pope was schedul...
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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus does not ask that people only contemplate his image, but that they also recognize and love him concretely in all people who suffer like he did, Pope Francis said.
Jesus is "present in our many brothers and sisters who today endure sufferings like his own -- they suffer from slave labor, from family tragedies, from diseases. They suffer from wars and terrorism, from interests that are armed and ready to strike," the pope said April 9 as he celebrated the Palm Sunday Mass of the Lord's Passion.
In his noon Angelus address, the pope also decried recent terrorist attacks in Sweden and Egypt, calling on "those who sow terror, violence and death," including arms' manufacturers and dealers, to change their ways.
In his prayers for those affected by the attacks, the pope also expressed his deepest condolences to "my dear brother, His Holiness Pope Tawadros, the Coptic church and the entire beloved Egyptian nation," which the pope was scheduled to visit April 28-29.
At least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured April 9 in an Orthodox church north of Cairo as Coptic Christians gathered for Palm Sunday Mass; the attack in Sweden occurred two days earlier when a truck ran through a crowd outside a busy department store in central Stockholm, killing four and injuring 15 others.
The pope also prayed for all people affected by war, which he called, a "disgrace of humanity."
Tens of thousands of people carrying palms and olive branches joined the pope during a solemn procession in St. Peter's Square under a bright, warm sun for the beginning of Holy Week.
The pope, cardinal and bishops were dressed in red vestments, the color of the Passion, and carried large "palmurelli," bleached and intricately woven and braided palm branches. Hundreds of young people led the procession into St. Peter's Square and later, youths from Poland handed the World Youth Day cross to young representatives from Panama, where the next international gathering will be held in January in 2019.
In his homily, the pope said that the day's celebration was "bittersweet."
"It is joyful and sorrowful at the same time" because the Mass celebrates the Lord's entrance into Jerusalem as the people and disciples acclaim him as king, and yet, the Gospel gives the account of his passion and death on the cross.
Jesus accepts the hosannas coming from of the crowd, but he "knows full well that they will soon be followed by the cry, 'Crucify him!'" the pope said.
Jesus "does not ask us to contemplate him only in pictures and photographs or in the videos that circulate on the internet," but to recognize that he is present in those who suffer today, including "women and men who are cheated, violated in their dignity, discarded."
"Jesus is in them, in each of them, and, with marred features and broken voice, he asks to be looked in the eye, to be acknowledged, to be loved," the pope said.
We have no other Lord but him: Jesus, the humble King of justice, mercy and peace.
Jesus enters the city of Jerusalem as the true Messiah, who is a servant of God and humanity, the pope said. He is not a dreamer peddling illusions, a "new age" prophet or con man; he takes on the sins and sufferings of humanity with his passion.
Jesus never promised honor and success would come to those who follow him, rather, the path to final victory requires picking up the cross and carrying it every day, Pope Francis said.
"Let us ask for the grace to follow Jesus faithfully, not in words but in deeds. Let us also ask for the patience to carry our own cross, not to refuse it or set it aside, but rather, in looking to him, to take it up and to carry it daily," he said.
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