“The plea for peace cannot be suppressed,” Pope Francis said today. “It rises from the hearts of mothers; it is deeply etched on the faces of refugees, displaced families, the wounded and the dying.”
Pope Francis
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: ‘The Doctrine of Discovery’ and how the Catholic Church may officially reject it
The “Doctrine of Discovery” is the leveraging of the idea of discovery to argue for and put into law a claim on and right to indigenous lands. It has no current and actively sustained legal connection.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is embodying Pope Francis’ teachings on old age
“Only Murders in the Building” offers something Pope Francis has talked about repeatedly during his pontificate: intergenerational friendships, in all their power and complexity.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican cardinal tells EWTN: Catholic media must be in communion with pope
Media, especially those calling themselves Catholic, “must strive not to spread hate, but rather to promote a non-hostile communication,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin told employees of EWTN and its affiliated outlets.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Is the extended synod on synodality becoming a ‘Vatican III’?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explain the pope’s reasoning behind his decision to extend the synod.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Knowing your life story is essential for discernment
Discernment is the narrative reading of the good moments and the dark moments, the consolations and desolations we experience in the course of our lives.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis extends Synod on Synodality’s Roman phase to two sessions in Oct. 2023 and 2024
In a surprise announcement this morning, Pope Francis has announced that the final, Roman phase of the ongoing Synod on Synodality will extend over two sessions from October 4-29, 2023, and in October 2024.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Vatican II didn’t fail. It’s just getting started.
We experience now a church where the laity matter—where, for example, a New York Times columnist without any church title can have a voice.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: The three most important lessons from the synod (so far)
We should not be surprised when any notion of the church as a perfect society is not embraced by people who have real wounds and struggles.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis on discernment: Our desires are signs of God’s presence in us
Desire is the lack of a reference point that orients the path of life; it evokes a suffering, a lack, and at the same time a tension to reach the good that we miss.