“Rejoice and be glad!” is what Jesus said on the Sermon on the Mount. It is also the title of Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation on holiness in everyday life.
Robert P. Imbelli
Robert P. Imbelli is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. He taught theology for 30 years at Boston College and is the author of Christ Brings All Newness.
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Pope Francis’ new exhortation on holiness is deeply Ignatian
Examining “Gaudete et Exsultate” from the viewpoint of St. Ignatius’ meditation on the two standards.
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The art of Jesuit Rome comes to Connecticut
Bernini’s magnificent marble bust of St. Robert Bellarmine had made its way to Fairfield University.
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55 years after Vatican II, the task remains the same
Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?
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Why you should have pity on the Roman Missal translators
Our purpose in speaking liturgically is to celebrate faithfully the Gospel that is the church’s sole reason for being.
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In ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ Pope Francis celebrates the joy of love and the joy of the Gospel.
Pope Francis is more the mystagogue than the moralist.
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“Amoris Laetitia” presents a joyful vision of Christian marriage
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, “Amoris Laetita," presents, at considerable length, his reflections and discernment based upon the two synods devoted to the Catholic understanding of marriage and family life.It is clear, even from a first reading, how closely the pope has ente
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Respect, Humility and Truth-Telling: A Response to America’s Editorial on Same-Sex Marriage
Pastoral emphasis is both its strength and its weakness.
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Family in Focus: How do we continue the conversation started by the synod?
America’s editorial on the recently concluded Synod of Bishops on the Family rightly speaks of “a remarkable two-week period” (“Go in Peace,” 11/10). Anyone who followed the synod knows that it was characterized by passionate debate and even, in some instances, disagree