Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.
Pope Francis
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Days before the U.S. election, Pope Francis warns against the politics of fear
Many of the themes the pope touched on have played out in debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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Today, Pope Francis celebrated Mass with 1,000 prisoners at the Vatican
“I tell you that every time I enter a prison I ask myself, ‘Why them, not me?’”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis denounces the ‘basic terrorism’ of a global economy built on exclusion and war
“We must help to heal the world of its moral atrophy,” the pope said at the World Meeting of Popular Movements.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Why Pope Francis’ comments on women’s ordination are both business as usual and a big deal
Why Pope Francis’ comments are both business as usual and something worth talking about.
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Discerning a New Role
“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
From the start, Pope Francis has rejected status symbols
Pope Francis told journalists, “How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis offers six new beatitudes for the modern Christian
There are 6 new beatitude for modern Christians.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
500 Years after the reformation, Swedes greet the first Jesuit pope.
“I love Påven!” said an old Swedish Lutheran.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Pope Francis to Donald Trump, in just one year. How did we get here?
Today the pulse of American spiritual life is shifting. There is not just one pulse.