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A seagull flies near the window as Pope Francis reads out his Sunday Angelus prayer in the Vatican on Sunday.— AP

Pope Francis is insisting that his concern for the poor and critique of the global economic system isn’t some novel, communist-inspired ideology but rather the original and core “touchstone” of the Christian faith.

Some US conservatives have branded the first Latin American pope a Marxist for his frequent critiques of consumerism and focus on a church “that is poor and for the poor.” But in an interview contained in a new book, Pope Francis explains that his message is rooted in the Gospel and has been echoed by church fathers since Christianity’s first centuries.

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Saint of the Day for Saturday, December 27th, 2014: St. John the Apostle

The traditional site of the tomb of John_the_Apostle — one of Jesus’ twelve apostles in the ancient city of Ephesus, an important religious centre of early Christianity. Ephesus is today located in Turkey. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Saint of the Day for Saturday, December 27th, 2014

Five apostles: St. James, St. John the Apostle, St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Andrew. Harbaville Triptych: close-up on the bottom panel of the middle leaf, recto. Ivory with traces of polychromy, middle of the 10th century. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

St. John the Apostle

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist (Feast day – December 27th) St. John, the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great, was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His … continue reading

More Saints of the Day

St. John the Apostle St. Fabiola St. John the Evangelist

St. Maximus St. Nicarete St. Theodore and Theophanes

More Art relating to John The Apostle:

English: Damian. “Jesus Christ and St. John the Apostle”. A detail of the Last Supper fresco from Ubisi, Georgia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Church dedicated to St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Polski: Kościół pw. św. Jana Apostoła i Ewangelisty (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

English: Church dedicated to St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Polski: Kościół pw. św. Jana Apostoła i Ewangelisty (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Saint of the Day for Friday, December 26th, 2014: St. Stephen Observed worldwide by Christians of all denominations

Pope Dionysius (259 – 268), Fresco in Sixtine Chapel, Vatican (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Saint of the Day for Friday, December 26th, 2014

St. Stephen

Stephen’s name means “crown,” and he was the first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr’s crown. Stephen was a deacon in the early Christian Church. The apostles had found that they … continue reading

Pope Zosimus (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

More Saints of the Day

St. Stephen St. Abadiu St. Amaethlu St. Archelaus St. Pope Dionysius St. Marinus St. Neol Chabanel

St. Tathal St. Theodore the Sacrist St. Vincentia Maria Lopez Y Vicuna St. Zeno St. Zosimus St. Zosimus

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Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 28th, 2014: St. Jude Thaddaeus

Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

St. Jude Thaddaeus

St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel … continue reading

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St. Jude Thaddaeus St. Abraham St. Anastasia II St. Anglinus St. Eadsin St. Faro St. Ferrutius St. Fidelis of Como

St. Godwin St. Honoratus of Vercelli St. Joachim Royo St. John Dat St. Remigius St. Salvius St. Simon the Zealot

Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 21st, 2014: St. Matthew the Apostle

Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 21st, 2014

English: Apostle Matthew (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

  St. Matthew the Apostle

English: the first page of the Gospel of Matthew (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

St. Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, is the author of the first Gospel. This has been the constant tradition of the Church and is confirmed by the Gospel itself. He was the son of Alpheus and was … continue reading

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St. Matthew St. Alexander Sts. Chastan & Imbert St. Eusebius St. Francis Jaccard St. Gerulph

St. Hieu St. Maura Troyes St. Meletius St. Pamphilus St. Thomas Dien

Parable of the talents or minas

 

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For the novel by Octavia Butler, see Parable of the Talents (novel).

The parable of the talents, as depicted in a 1712 woodcut. The lazy servant searches for his buried talent, while the two other servants present their earnings to their master. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The parable of the talents, as depicted in a 1712 woodcut. The lazy servant searches for his buried talent, while the two other servants present their earnings to their master.

The Parable of the talents or minas, (also known as the Parable of Talents or The Parable of the Pounds), is one of the well known parables of Jesus. It appears in two of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament, and a variant is also found in the noncanonical Gospel of the Hebrews. The differences between Matthew25:14-30 and the Luke 19:12-27 are substantial, and the two parables may not be derived from the same source.^[1] In Matthew, the opening words appear to link the parable to the preceding parable of the Ten Virgins,^[1] a parable about the Kingdom of Heaven.