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CHICAGO – Cardinal Francis George, the Emeritus Archbishop of Chicago, passed away Friday morning after a long batter with cancer.Archbishop Blase Cupich, who currently heads the archdiocese, remembered Cardinal George as a man of peace, tenacity and courage.”At an April 17 press conference, Archbishop Cupich lauded the cardinal for his bravery in overcoming challenges, which included a battle with polio as a teenager that left his legs permanently weak.

ZAMBALES– How do you even begin to invite a person to consider his life’s calling? More than fifty vocation directors discussed their best practices” in inviting young people to consider the religious life.

VATICAN CITY – Giving witness to Jesus Christ is more than mere advertising, Pope Francis saidand it’s the act of courage in proclaiming the Gospel with frankness” even to the point of martyrdom.Christians do not simply advertise Jesus Christ” with the aim of increasing our numbers, the pontiff noted during his daily Mass homily on April 13.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis officially proclaimed the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy by reminding the faithful that mercy cannot be separated from the life and ministry of the Church. Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life,” Pope Francis wrote in the official declaration, released April 11. All of her pastoral activity should be caught up in the tenderness she makes present to believers nothing in her preaching and in her witness to the world can be lacking in mercy.

TACURONG CITY, –- Two priests in the Diocese of Cotabato
marked a milestone in their lives with the celebration of silver
jubilee as priests on April 8 at the Notre dame of Tacurong College,
Tacurong City. Cotabato Archbishop Orlando B. Cardinal Quevedo, OMI presided over a
Holy Mass for the intentions of Rev. Frs. Mario C. Combong and Jessie P.
Pasquin, members of the Diocesan Clergy of Cotabato (DCC).
Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin M. Bagaforo, DD, DCC and OMI
priests, religious brothers and sisters, other congregations, members of

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Pope Francis reminded Christians this Easter of the strength which
comes from Christ’s death and resurrection, calling them to be witnesses
of peace and justice, especially for those suffering today in regions
of extreme violence and persecution.

Below is the English translation of Pope Francis Easter Message to the world. It was originally in Italian. Here's theVatican's official English-language translation of Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi. Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness!Out of love for us, Jesus Christ stripped himself of his divine glory, emptied himself, took on the form of a slave and humbled himself even to death, death on a cross. For this reason God exalted him and made him Lord of the universe. Jesus is Lord!

MANILA (PNA) – President Benigno S. Aquino III urged the Filipino people on Sunday to join him in building a peaceful and God-fearing Philippines with full of opportunities and free from corruption.”Let us build a Philippines which is more peaceful and full of opportunities, truly free from corruption and connected with God,” the President said in his Easter message read by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr.

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA)--Follow the risen Jesus.This was the message of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villagas, also president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), to his flock in Pangasinan on the occasion of Easter Sunday. Be like the risen Jesus. Look at the risen Jesus. Love the risen Jesus. Follow the risen Jesus.What is it in Jesus that we must carry with you through life? It is His Joy.

Happy Easter 2015Rejoice, the Lord is risen!