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Be proud of your uniform, committed to peace, pope tells military

LGBTQ Catholic groups call pope's use of Italian slur 'shocking and hurtful'

DignityUSA, a national organization advocating for LGBTQ Catholics, has denounced Pope Francis' recent reported use of an Italian slur when discussing the admission of gay men to priestly seminaries as "shocking and hurtful."

Be proud of your uniform, committed to peace, pope tells military

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Entrusting to God s mercy all of their comrades-in-arms who have died serving their countries and defending peace, Pope Francis urged Catholic members of the military to let their faith inform their service."The world needs you, especially at this dark moment in our history. We need men and women of faith capable of putting weapons at the service of peace and brotherhood," said the papal message to thousands of soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and cadets making a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France.The annual International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes, held May 24-26 this year, involves some 15,000 current, retired and wounded members of the military from 40 nations including members of the Vatican s Swiss Guard. They are joined by military chaplains and bishops who head their nations military ordinariates, including Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, president of the U.S. Conferen

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Humility is the 'gateway to all virtues,' pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Though not found on the classical list of cardinal or theological virtues, humility lies "at the base of Christian life," Pope Francis said."Whereas pride and arrogance swell the human heart, making us appear to be more than we are, humility restores everything to its correct dimension," he said. Human beings are "are wonderful creatures, but we are limited, with qualities and flaws."During his general audience in St. Peter s Square May 22, the pope ended his series of talks on vices and virtues by discussing humility, which he said is "the gateway to all virtues."In the beatitudes, Jesus praised the "poor in spirit" and said "theirs is the kingdom of heaven," he said. "It is the first beatitude,"because it underlies those that follow it: meekness, mercy (and) purity of heart arise from that inner sense of littleness.""Blessed are the people who guard this sense of their own littleness