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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzCAIRO(CNS) -- The only kind of fanaticism that is acceptable to God is beingfanatical about loving and helping others, Pope Francis said on his final dayin Egypt."Truefaith," he told Catholics, "makes us more charitable, more merciful,more honest and more humane. It moves our hearts to love everyone withoutcounting the cost."Thepope celebrated an open-air Mass April 29 in Cairo's Air Defense Stadium, builtby the anti-aircraft branch of the Egyptian armed forces. The popeconcelebrated with Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak of Alexandriaand leaders of the other Catholic rites in Egypt.Afterspending the first day of his visit in meetings with Muslim leaders, governmentofficials, diplomats and members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the popededicated the second day of his trip to Egypt's minority Catholic community. Arrivingat the stadium in a blue Fiat, the pope was slowly driven around the stadium'sred running track in a small and low g...
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis was the principal celebrant and homilist at Mass for Egyptian Catholics in the “Air Defense Stadium” in Cairo on Saturday. Below, please find the full text of the Holy Father’s prepared remarks, in their official English translation.***********************************Homily of His Holiness Pope FrancisHoly Mass, Cairo29 April 2017As-salamu alaykum! Peace be with you!Today’s Gospel of the third Sunday of Easter speaks to us of the journey to Emmaus of the two disciples who set out from Jerusalem. It can be summed up in three words: death, resurrection and life.Death. The two disciples are returning, full of despair and disappointment, to life as usual. The Master is dead and thus it is pointless to hope. They feel disappointment and despair. Theirs is a journey of return, as they leave behind the painful experience of Jesus’ crucifixion. The crisis of the cross, indeed the &ld...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis was the principal celebrant and homilist at Mass for Egyptian Catholics in the “Air Defense Stadium” in Cairo on Saturday.In his homily, focused on the Gospel reading for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, which tells of Our Lord’s going to meet the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, the Holy Father said, “The encounter with the Risen Jesus transformed the lives of those two disciples because meeting the Risen One transforms every life, and makes fruitful what is barren.”He went on to say, “Faith in the resurrection is not a product of the Church, but the Church herself is born of faith in the resurrection.”Pope Francis then spoke of the need to proclaim our faith in the resurrection precisely by living in a way that conveys our conviction, saying, “Dear brothers and sisters, God is pleased only by a faith that is proclaimed by our lives, for the only fanaticism believers can have is that of charity,” and,...
