“Amoris Laetitia” has yet to resonate with many black Catholics in the United States.
Pope Francis
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis commits the church to protect children from abuse in the digital world
The Declaration of Rome appealed “to leaders of the world’s great religions to inform and mobilize members of every faith to join in a global movement to protect the world’s children.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Eliminating any difference between sexes ‘is not right,’ pope says
The pope was speaking on Oct. 5 at an assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Posted inMagazine, Of Many Things
5 years in, what I’ve learned as the editor of America
Looking back on the last five years at America and forward to changes to come
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis announces pre-synod meeting to listen to youths’ hopes, doubts
The pre-synod meeting will be an opportunity for the church to listen to the hopes and concerns of young men and women.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: True Christians must remain hopeful, not ‘whiny and angry’
Christians are not “prophets of doom” but rather missionaries of hope
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What two saints and a pope named Francis can teach us about living the Gospel online
Putting Francis of Assisi, Francis de Sales, and Pope Francis in conversation.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Building indigenous relations remains a priority for Canadian bishops
Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Lonueuil, Quebec, said a possible papal visit was not a major topic at the bishops’ plenary gathering Sept. 25-29, but reconciliation with indigenous people remains high on the conference’s agenda.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Politicians must help people overcome fear of migrants
Pope Francis urged them to oppose “one-way streets of exasperated individualism” and “the dead ends of corruption.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis offers prayers for the dead and injured in Las Vegas shooting
The pope “offers the promise of his prayers for the injured and for all who have died, entrusting them to the merciful love of Almighty God.”