Some find Pope Francis’ ecclesiology ‘somewhat threatening.’
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Francis Looks East
Something important has changed in Sino-Vatican relations.
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Pope Francis looks to a new Cuba
“We don’t want an abrupt change that would produce a different type of gold rush: from Communism to consumerism overnight.”
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In China, Fear of Faith
The crackdown against Christianity has taken various forms.
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Pope Francis brings radical Gospel message to the US
This week-long journey takes him first to Cuba and then to the United States and is widely considered “the big one” of the year.
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Timor-Leste Celebrates
Timor-Leste is the world’s most densely populated Catholic country after Vatican City.
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Timor-Leste signs historic agreement with Holy See on 500th anniversary of its evangelization
Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo and the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, signed the accord during an official ceremony at the Government Palace in Dili, the capital city, on August 14.
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Man of the People
Pope Francis is convinced that the Holy Spirit is active in popular movements.
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Francis of the Poor
I have been on all the foreign trips Francis has made since becoming pope, but his visit in July to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay revealed new dimensions of the man and the impact of his ministry.“We love people, not concepts or ideas,” he declared during a Mass in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. T