Praying through death. Homily, 01.06.25

Believers will often say to children when someone close to them has died: “your grandad has gone to heaven” or better “Jesus has taken your grandma to heaven.” It’s a way to reassure the child and us too that the dead have gone to a better place. We cannot know...

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Eternal Life. Homily, 11.05.25

Pope Leo’s first words were those of the Risen Christ: Peace be with you! And at Mass with the cardinals the next day, he said: “Jesus showed us a model of human holiness that we can all imitate, together with the promise of an eternal destiny that transcends all our...

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