45K views · 4.9K reactions | Setting aside his prepared speech, Pope Francis engaged in a back-and-forth dialogue with the estimated 10,000 young people gathered at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby. “You in Papua, who speak more than 800 languages, share a common language,” the Pope said: “that of love and service.” | Vatican News | Facebook

Pope Francis announces the Year of Prayer, which begins today and will lead us to the Jubilee Year of 2025. He told pilgrims at the Sunday Angelus prayer that each of us needs to rediscover the “great value and absolute need” for prayer in all aspects of our lives. | Vatican News

11K views · 1.3K reactions | At today's General Audience, Pope Francis talks about Jesus' conversation with Peter and about the way in which Peter will witness his love for Jesus in his old age. | Vatican News | Facebook

18K views · 757 reactions | At today's General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the theological virtue of hope, saying hope reminds us that death will never have the last word. Read more: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-at-audience-the-world-needs-christian-hope.html | Vatican News | Facebook

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1.3M views · 151K reactions | On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Pope Francis baptized 13 babies and presided over Mass beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes inside the Sistine Chapel. In his homily, the pope said that baptism is like a rebirth in Christ and therefore should be celebrated “like a birthday.” | Catholic News Agency | Facebook