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+ Follow HOLY YEAR OF MERCY Tag
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                    [ArticleID] => 1546872
                    [Title] => Pope to visit Sweden, apologizes for Catholic wrongs
                    [Summary] => 

Pope Francis has concluded an annual weeklong prayer for Christian unity by making a sweeping apology for Catholic wrongs committed against other Christians and by announcing he will visit Sweden to mark the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-26 17:00:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1542145 [Title] => Benigni on Pope Francis: A fountain, waterfall of mercy [Summary] =>

Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto Benigni gave Pope Francis two thumbs up yesterday, delivering one of his rapid-fire monologues and praising the pope as a fountain of mercy who is "dragging the whole church toward Christianity."

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-12 17:00:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1538520 [Title] => Pope: Now's the time to end indifference, 'false neutrality' [Summary] =>

Wishing for a year better than 2015, Pope Francis on Friday called for an end to the "arrogance of the powerful" that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society, and to the "false neutrality" toward conflicts, hunger and persecution that triggers exoduses of refugees.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-01 17:00:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1324294 [AuthorName] => Frances D'Emilio [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1537909 [Title] => Binay calls for end to vindictiveness, selective justice [Summary] =>

Vice President Jejomar Binay yesterday called for an end to vindictiveness and selective justice as he hoped for a more compassionate and responsive government in 2016.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-30 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150728/Jejomar-Binay-10.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1537058 [Title] => Take a sacred journey in 2016 [Summary] =>

Pope Francis opened the Holy Year of Mercy with a beautiful invitation to repent and reform through confession and a pilgrimage.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136161 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804907 [AuthorName] => Mylene Mendoza-Dayrit [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1536426 [Title] => Pope urges Christmas prayers for Syria, Libya peace [Summary] =>

Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people. He denounced the "monstrous evil" and atrocities they have endured and praised the countries that have taken in their refugees.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-25 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151226/Pope-Francis-Christmas-Vatican.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1533972 [Title] => Pope enters 80th year popular as ever, but with criticism [Summary] =>

Pope Francis entered his 80th year on Thursday amid hopes among his critics that it will be his last — at least as pope.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-17 11:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151218/Pope-Francis-80th-Birthday.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1533155 [Title] => Pope urges Holy Year amnesty for prisoners in peace message [Summary] =>

Pope Francis is urging governments to consider granting a Holy Year amnesty to prisoners, find alternatives to incarceration and at the very least abolish the death penalty, in his annual peace message released yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-15 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/banat/balita/20141222/Pope-Francis.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1532881 [Title] => Italy seizes 3,500 fake 'Apostolic Blessings' in Rome [Summary] =>

Police said yesterday they had seized 3,500 fake Vatican parchments that were being sold to unsuspecting pilgrims taking part in Pope Francis' Holy Year celebrations.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-14 17:00:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1530811 [Title] => Pope: Mercy trumps moralizing as he opens Vatican Holy Door [Summary] =>

Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter's Basilica on yesterday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his Catholic Church.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-08 17:00:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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