Pope Francis pointed out that the devil “is cunning and he also has the ability to charm."

September 11, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis says that we must learn to not judge others or we all risk becoming hypocrites including the Pope himself. At the same time, he said, we need to have the courage to acknowledge our own faults in order to become merciful towards others. The Pope’s comme

Priests who struggle to be merciful should not be hearing confessions, the pope said.

“Perhaps more than in the early days,” Pope Francis said, "[Christians] are persecuted, killed, driven out, despoiled, only because they are Christians.”

On Sept. 4, Pope Francis’s homily was a reflection on the need to sow peace rather than discord in our daily lives.

Papal homily from Sept. 3: the capacity to recognize ourselves as sinners opens us to the astonishment at the encounter with Jesus.