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The pierces our lives, enabling us to discern the feelings and thoughts of the heart. It helps us see where to give space to the light of goodness, and also where the darkness of vice and sin needs to be resisted.

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The Week of Prayer for begins today, which this year highlights love for God and neighbour. Let us that Christians may reach full communion and bear witness of love towards all, especially the most fragile.

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I express my closeness and solidarity with the victims, all civilians, of the missile attack that hit Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. I urge everyone to avoid any steps that might escalate tension in the Middle East and other war-torn areas.

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We must defend love - the love of the heart, mind, and body; pure love in devoting oneself to another. vatican.va/content/france…

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Lust is a voracious appetite that drives us to use, prey upon, and rob others in pursuit of unrestrained pleasure. However, true love is selfless, unconditional, generous, understanding, and willing.

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The invites us not to close ourselves off or think that we can do it alone, but to grow together. Let us listen to each other, talk together, and support one another.

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The is a gift addressed to everyone. We can never restrict its field of action, for beyond all our calculations, it springs forth in a spontaneous, unforeseen, and unpredictable way, in the ways and times that the Holy Spirit knows.

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At the start of the year, we exchanged wishes for peace, but weapons have continued to kill and destroy. Let us pray that those who wield power over these conflicts may understand: War is in itself a crime against humanity.

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The Lord does not want superficial “followers”. He wants people who question themselves and let themselves be challenged by His Word. So, to be Jesus’ disciples, we must first of all seek Him and keep our hearts open and searching, never satiated or satisfied.

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Peace requires respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Attempts to introduce new rights, which are not always acceptable, lead to instances of ideological colonization that create divisions rather than fostering peace, as in the case of gender theory.

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Peace requires respect for every human life, starting with the life of the unborn child in the mother’s womb, which cannot be suppressed or turned into an object of a commercial contract. Surrogate motherhood represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child.

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Over 360 million Christians around the world experience persecution and discrimination because of their faith. More and more of them are being forced to flee their homelands. Peace also requires the protection of religious freedom.

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The voracity with which we have been devouring the resources of the planet for a few centuries now is compromising everyone’s future. We have pounced on everything, aiming at becoming masters of all things, even though they were entrusted to our stewardship.

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One word in particular resounds in the two principal Christian feasts. That word is “peace”. Peace is primarily a gift of God, but it is also a responsibility incumbent upon all of us. vatican.va/content/france…

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Let us for the unconditional release of all people currently held hostage in Colombia. This act, which is a duty before God, will also promote an atmosphere of reconciliation and peace in the country.

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Today, the ecclesial communities of the East that follow the Julian Calendar celebrate Holy Christmas. In a spirit of joyful fraternity, I express my hope that the birth of Lord Jesus may fill them with light, charity, and peace.

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The voice of the Father, which in the proclaims: 'You are my beloved Son' (Mk 1:11), reveals that Jesus is the Son of God. It recalls our own Baptism that immersed us in God's infinite embrace, filling us with the strength of His saving love.

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