As World Youth Day Rio 2013 drew to a close, Pope Francis announced that the next WYD will take place in 2016 in Krakow, Poland.the video clip of the announcement is at...
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go, without fear, to serve
Sunday morning in Rio, Pope Francis celebrated the Mass that closed the events of the World Youth Day 2013. There were 3 million people present for the Mass on...
Rio final Mass – listen live now
Pope Francis is about to celebrate the closing Mass at World Youth Day Rio. You can listen live at this...
quo vadis? Copacabana?
Quo VadisOn Friday Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross on Copacabana Beach, as a part of the World Youth Day event. In his reflection he referred to the ancient Quo...
make yourselves heard
Every Sunday in Rome Pope Francis greets those who gather in St. Peter's Square in Rome. He offers a few words of encouragement, On Thursday in Rio the pope met with...
what do you make of this?
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put on faith, put on love
Pope Francis continues to encourage the young in Rio, and all of us who get the chance to read his text. I share some brief quotations below. The link to the full texts...
looking at, or looking along
"Meditation in a Toolshed"In my study I often get distracted. Reading one article often leads me to look up something else that is referred to, and reading that...
three life-giving attitudes
Earlier today Pope Francis celebrated his first World Youth Day Mass at at the Marian Shrine of Aparecida.  A few exerpts from his homily are below, with the link to a...
go beyond the confines
I suspect the most reliable place to look for inspiration this week is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Yesterday Pope Francis arrived to spend the week with an expected 2...
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words & miracles
Words are important and in recent days the words shared by Food For Faith readers following each post have given the comments section of the page an inspiring life of its own. Thank you to all those who are sharing their life and faith in this way.
there is love
You might be feeling the hype of pre-Christmas parties. You could be busy tying up loose ends at work. Some families are flat out trying to get all the gift shopping done, preparing for relatives to visit, or trying to organise a trip away.
by heart
Like me, many of you will have learnt things by heart as a child, perhaps a prayer or a poem or multiplication tables. This rote-learning method went out of fashion for a while but today I'm pleased to know that 4x12=48 without picking up a pencil or using my fingers....
wonder-full
The mother was getting more and more frustrated as the child tried to convince her that there was a church floating in the sky
adventure
The first Jesuits in the early sixteenth century were great travellers and Francis Xavier whose feast we celebrate today is considered with Ignatius Loyola to be "co-founder" of this enthusiastic band of missionaries of the Society of Jesus. After taking vows with...