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Without prayer, everything crumbles and any initiatives for church reform will just be proposals by some group and not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.

At every Mass we adore and kiss Christ’s wounded and risen body in the Eucharist, a channel of his mercy, Pope Francis said on Divine Mercy Sunday.

Christians are never alone in prayer but instead are accompanied by myriad saints who protect them and seek God's intercession, Pope Francis said.

The international and interreligious virtual "Symposium on Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse" was April 8-10.

On Easter Sunday 2021, Pope Francis offered Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica. Afterward, he gave the customary "Urbi et Orbi" message and blessing.

The Easter season, which lasts until Pentecost, is a time for rejoicing and for always seeking out the risen Christ, Pope Francis said.

"It is always possible to begin anew, because there is a new life that God can awaken in us in spite of all our failures," the pope said April 3 during his celebration of the Easter Vigil.

Living and preaching the Gospel always involves embracing "the cross," whether it be in the form of misunderstanding, hostility or outright persecution, Pope Francis told Rome priests gathered for the chrism Mass.

A Christian life should be filled with amazement -- astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realizing how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said.

Priests must follow the example of Jesus, the good shepherd, who laid down his life not just for his flock but also for the sheep that strayed away, Pope Francis said.

In a March 25 apostolic letter commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, Pope Francis praised the famed Italian poet's life and work.

As a boy who was constantly filling his notebooks with drawings, George Perez told his father, "My dream is to have my artwork in a museum."

Pope Francis has named Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse by a notorious Chilean priest, to be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Mary, the mother of God, has been present during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she was by the side of all those who died alone, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis has approved pay cuts for cardinals, top managers and religious personnel working at the Vatican.

As Palm Sunday and Holy Week approach, Catholics are reminded that "the suffering Christ is present in every poor, excluded, sick or hungry person," the pope said March 20.

Pope Francis asked Filipino priests doing graduate studies in Rome not to think of their time in the city and their residence at the Pontifical Filipino College as a pause disconnected from their "real" lives.

VATICAN CITY -- Every Christian is unique because the Holy Spirit inspires something new and original in each person, creating "an endless field of holiness," Pope Francis said.

VATICAN CITY -- As security forces in Myanmar have increased their crackdown on civilians, with disappearances, detentions and the killing of peaceful protesters, Pope Francis appealed for an end to violence and the start of dialogue

VATICAN CITY -- All sides need to come together to end the war in Syria and bring some sign of hope to an exhausted and tormented people, Pope Francis said.