“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
Pope Francis
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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!”
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Pope Francis offers six new beatitudes for the modern Christian
There are 6 new beatitude for modern Christians.
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500 Years after the reformation, Swedes greet the first Jesuit pope.
“I love Påven!” said an old Swedish Lutheran.
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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.
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James Martin, S.J.: We need to build a bridge between LGBT community and the Catholic Church.
We are all pilgrims on the way, loved sinners following the call we first heard at our baptisms.
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Pope Francis’ participation in Reformation anniversary focuses on friendship and trust, not only theology, says Cardinal Kasper
Christian unity requires conversion: “It needs conversion of the papacy, conversion of bishops, conversion of Lutherans and of Catholics.”
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Pope Francis speaks on Catholic-Lutheran relations ahead of visit to Sweden
On Oct. 31 the pope will participate in a ceremony to mark 500 years since the start of the Reformation.
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Jesuit leader reflects on Pope Francis’s GC 36 address
Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope to address a general congregation.
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Pope Francis: Border walls promote sex trade, not compassion
The only way for resolution “is through solidarity,” where everyone pitches in, says Pope Francis.