A cardinal reflects on his experience of the conclave
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Pope Leo’s Chicago roots: a conversation with Cardinal Cupich
“I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of good here in the city that recommends itself to the church.”
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You can’t be friends with God without serving others
A surprising lesson about serving God and others from the popular Instagram page Humans of New York
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We won’t know who the new pope is until he’s announced on St. Peter’s balcony. That’s a good thing.
When else do we get an opportunity like this, to take someone at this level of leadership at face value?
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I learned to love the last three popes. I look forward to embracing the next one, too.
No one gathers Christians—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—throughout the world, however imperfectly, in the way the pope does. The world needs the pope.
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Cardinal John Dew: On feeling nervous before the conclave—and praying through it.
As the conclave draws near, I am becoming more nervous and apprehensive about what is ahead of us. But all I am asked to do is to trust in God.
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What Pope Francis taught me as a new mother
Somehow, incredibly, this celibate, elderly man often doled out some of the best and most valuable parenting advice I’ve received along the way.
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How Pope Francis brought me back to the Catholic Church
I discovered that Catholicism could speak meaningfully to contemporary issues, that it could challenge power rather than embody it. I began to pay attention again.
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What a Spanish-speaking pope meant to my Spanish-speaking family
The language of our faith was Spanish. So you can imagine the fervor that erupted in our home when Papa Francisco was elected to the papacy on March 13, 2013. I was only 10 years old at the time, but I already understood why this meant so much to us.
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What Pope Francis meant to me and the Muslim world
I never met Pope Francis, but I was one of millions who admired his work.