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Answer Advent call for vigilance with charity, confession, pope suggests

The Advent call for “vigilance” does not mean staying awake and watchful out of fear, but rather out of a longing for the coming of the Lord, Pope Francis wrote in his text for the Angelus on Sunday, Dec. 3.

• Pope launches appeals to pray for peace, prevent ‘mountain of dead’

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published November 22, 2023

  At his Nov. 22 general audience, Pope Francis appealed for perseverance in praying for peace, especially in the Holy Land where the conflict is no longer “warfare,” but has become “terrorism.”

• Pope prays for ‘just peace’ in Middle East and Ukraine

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published November 8, 2023

  As the wars, violence and deaths continue in Ukraine and in the Holy Land, Pope Francis again urged people to pray for peace. “Let us think about and pray for populations suffering from war,” he said Nov. 8 at the end of his weekly general audience.

• All Souls’ Day: Pope Francis remembers lives lost to war

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published November 2, 2023

  On the feast of All Souls, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Rome War Cemetery, saying that remembrance is part of hope.