“International relations cannot be held captive to military force, mutual intimidation and the parading of stockpiles of arms,” Pope Francis said.
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Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Catholics who voted for Trump and love Pope Francis want real change.
This week’s guest is Father Jim McDermott, a Jesuit, screenwriter and America’s Los Angeles Correspondent. His latest piece is “Meet these Catholics who voted for Trump and love Pope Francis” Over 50 percent of U.S. Catholics voted for President Trump and about 80 to 90 percent like Pope Francis. Meeting Catholics who voted for Trump […]
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
World leaders are meeting at the Vatican to discuss nuclear weapons. Here’s why.
A Vatican conference represents the beginning of a coordination of Catholic universities, institutions and bishops’s conferences on this issue.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis is banning cigarette sales in the Vatican
Pope Francis is saying “Just Say No” to cigarettes.
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Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of sister killed in Somalia in 2006
Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian Consolata sister murdered in Somalia in 2006 and the martyrdom of a 25-year-old priest in Hungary in 1957.
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Pope Francis wants you to stop bringing your phone to Mass
“Please, Mass is not a show. It is going to encounter the Passion, the resurrection of the Lord.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis “deeply grieved” by the senseless loss of life in Texas church shooting
The pope sent his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the wounded.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis meets with ‘The Elders’ delegation to discuss climate change and migration
Pope Francis met with Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general, and former Irish President Mary Robinson to discuss shared concerns about peace, human rights and climate change.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Dissent, Now & Then: Thomas Weinandy and the meaning of Jesuit discernment
Father Weinandy surely wrote his letter out of a heartfelt desire to help the church. But in doing so, he belied a misunderstanding of one of the basic elements of Pope Francis’ teaching.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
An open letter to Father Weinandy, from his predecessor, on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ and Pope Francis
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger urged that dissent from ordinary Magisterium should be disclosed privately to church authority.