Tuesday, June 28, 20160220Pope Francis led a Vatican celebration for the 65th anniversary of retired Pope Benedict XVI's priestly ordination on June 28. The two were joined by the heads of Vatican offices and congregations and several guests, including a delegation from the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Monday, June 6, 20160247 Even in the midst of suffering and death, Christians can become witnesses of the resurrection and the power of God's compassion, Pope Francis said as he proclaimed two new saints.
Monday, May 2, 20160204For peace in the family, community and nation, people need to recognize their faults and ask forgiveness, Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims, including hundreds of soldiers, sailors and police officers from around the world.
Wednesday, April 27, 20160204To ignore the suffering of another person is to ignore God, Pope Francis said. And going to church does not automatically make someone love their neighbor, the pope said April 27 as he reflected on the Gospel parable of the good Samaritan during his weekly general audience.
Friday, April 8, 20160247Pope Francis’ long anticipated Apostolic Exhortation on the family was released Friday morning calling for a new pastoral approach to the increasingly complex realities of families in today’s world, not focusing on the so called “nuclear family” but on the family as a wider network of many relationships.
Friday, April 8, 20160146The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly anticipated postsynodal apostolic exhortation. The document, "'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), on Love in the Family," released April 8, contains no new...
Wednesday, March 23, 20160169God's love is limitless and the church's Holy Week services offer Christians a deeper understanding of his infinite mercy, Pope Francis said.
Wednesday, March 2, 20160441Pope Francis has come and gone. He was like Halley’s Comet, which has a predicted schedule. It comes and everyone in the world has to reflect on what this celestial occurrence might predict; but then things settle down to a normal routine.
Wednesday, February 24, 20160166Wealth and power are meant to serve the poor and the well-being of everyone, not to selfishly exploit others, Pope Francis said. When power loses that sense of service, it "turns into arrogance and becomes control and subjugation," he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square Feb. 24.
Thursday, February 18, 20160147Speaking 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."
