July 1, 2021
What would our Founding Fathers say?
Editorial in the Rhode Island Catholic
What would our Founding Fathers say? This is something to consider as Independence Day approaches. What would our Founding Fathers say if they were able to survey the current state of affairs in the country they helped establish? Although it’s impossible to know the answer to that question with absolute certainty, we can certainly venture a guess, based on the things these men actually DID say and write more than 200 years ago...
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Lack of love is life’s greatest disease, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the suffering brought on by the coronavirus pandemic continues to make headlines, there is another serious illness plaguing the world today that deserves attention, Pope Francis said.

“What is the biggest disease in life? Cancer? Tuberculosis? The current pandemic? No. The greatest disease in life is the lack of love — not being able to love,” the pope said June 27 during his Sunday Angelus address.

The pope reflected on the Sunday Gospel reading from of St. Mark in which Jesus raised a girl from the dead and healed a woman afflicted with hemorrhages after she touched his cloak.
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 28, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope thanks Benedict XVI for his continuing service
Marking the 70th anniversary from the ordination of the Pope Emeritus, Pope Francis upholds his continuing service and describes him as “the contemplative of the Vatican” who prays for the Church and the diocese of Rome.

(VATICAN NEWS) Pope Francis on Tuesday said he is marking an anniversary “hat touches the hearts of us all: 70 years ago, Pope Benedict was ordained a priest!”

Addressing the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the patron saints of the city of Rome, the Pope said: that “To you, Benedict, dear father and brother, goes our affection, our gratitude and our closeness. “
Archive photo of Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Vatican Media)
Pope: Be agents of freedom
During his homily for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul June 29, Pope Francis called on Christians to be agents of freedom in the world.

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