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Year of Mercy Reflection

Editor’s note: During the Year of Mercy, the Intermountain Catholic will publish a short reflection each week written by a variety of Catholics in the Diocese of Salt Lake City: priests, deacons, religious, seminarians, Utah Catholic Schools teachers/principals, lay ecclesial ministers, religious education teachers and others. We hope you enjoy these, and that they give insight into the myriad ways mercy can be incorporated into everyday life. >>>

Being Human: Pope Francis delights many, frustrates some

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The pope is human. Pope Francis demonstrated that in Mexico, as he does wherever he goes, and most people find it attractive most of the time. >>>

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Pope calls for moratorium on death penalty

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy and said the fifth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” applies not only to the innocent but to the guilty as well.  >>>

The deeper his faith, the better public servant Scalia was, says son

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Just as many pilgrims are passing through the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in this Year of Mercy, the casket bearing the body of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entered through the door Feb. 20. >>>

Migrants gather in El Paso to welcome the Holy Father

EL PASO, Texas (CNS) — A group of people, mostly migrants, joined Pope Francis from afar as he celebrated the Mass that closed his visit to Mexico. >>>

'No more death, no more exploitation,' Pope Francis says during Mass at U.S.-Mexico border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe shelter and passage that their actions and inhospitable attitudes were bringing about dishonor and self-destruction as their hearts hardened and they “lost their sensitivity to pain.” >>>

Pope Francis in Mexico

Pope Francis fulfilled his much-desired wish to pray in silence before the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. >>>

Rite of Election

The Diocese of Salt Lake City celebrated the Rite of Election today at the Cathedral of the Madeleine; at Easter 442 people will be fully received into the Church in Utah. The Intermountain Catholic will have the story in the Feb. 26 issue. >>>