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Families need to open their doors to God and his love or they will harbor an individualism that endangers peace and joy, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Holy Family.

Christmas is a reminder that through the birth of Christ, hope and peace are possible and that only through his grace can humanity find peaceful solutions to the world's most difficult problems, Pope Francis said.

Parishes in the Diocese of Amarillo have announced Mass Schedules for the Solemnity of Mary, Thursday, Dec. 31 and Friday, Jan. 1.

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, thus paving the way for her canonization.

Pilgrims must beware of people who seek to use the Jubilee Year to profit off of them since salvation is a gift that cannot be bought, Pope Francis said.

A Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend is scheduled Friday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center, 2100 North Spring.

Six building projects are currently underway in the Diocese of Amarillo, with the sixth project beginning Dec. 14.

Pope Francis has named Monsignor Gregory Kelly, a priest of the Diocese of Dallas as an auxiliary bishop of the diocese. Bishop-elect Kelly 59, currently serves as Vicar for Clergy.

There's a group for single ladies in the Diocese of Amarillo...and that story begins with one single lady in the spring of 2012.

Tickets are available for the 2016 Catholic Life Insurance Catholic Schools Sweepstakes.

A trip to Italy was the inspiration for a piece of art at Blessed Sacrament Church that Bishop Patrick J. Zurek will bless at 6:00pm prior to a Saturday, Dec. 12 Mass on the church campus at 4112 Southeast 25th Street.

For the 20th time, parishioners at Holy Family Church will present its Christmas Pageant. Performances are set for Sunday, Dec. 20 and Monday, Dec. 21, both evenings at 7:00pm at the church, located at 210 St. Joseph Street.

More than a dozen individual celebrations will be scheduled for the Jubilee of Mercy in 2016, giving pilgrims the change to celebrate their own Holy Year with Pope Francis in Rome.

The following is the third in a series of several bulletin inserts that will appear in parish bulletins and on the diocesan website during the Jubilee of Mercy, in English and Spanish, by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek

This is the second part of a two-part conversation with Bishop Patrick J. Zurek on the Jubilee of Mercy. Part one ran in the Sunday, Nov. 15 issue of The West Texas Catholic. This conversation originally aired on St. Valentine Catholic Radio.