In his weekly general audience, Pope Francis reveals how Paul of Tarsus was the exemplary witness to what passion for the Gospel means, and he has the zeal to preach about Jesus and help others.
Pope Francis
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Update: Pope Francis will remain in hospital for several days with respiratory infection
Pope Francis has “a respiratory infection that requires some days of appropriate medical therapy in hospital,” the Vatican press office said in a statement.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis goes to hospital for scheduled tests
Pope Francis went to Rome’s Gemelli hospital March 29 for “some previously planned tests,” the Vatican press office said, providing no further details.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Cardinal Farrell: Pope Francis’ critics are wrong. He’s no autocrat.
I have spent the last seven years working in the Roman Curia. My experience has been far from that of those who would claim that Pope Francis governs through fear.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis confirms ‘vulnerable adults’ are covered by updated Vatican sex abuse law
Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse, expanding the rules of “Vos Estis” to include Catholic lay leaders, who have the same responsibilities over members as a bishop over priests.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Müller calls blessing of homosexual couples ‘blasphemy’
In a new interview, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said Pope Francis should correct or punish German bishops for approving “proposals directly against the Catholic faith,” including blessings for homosexual couples.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: We need a church that evangelizes herself
Pope Francis: We must be aware that the people to whom evangelization is addressed are not only others, those who profess other faiths or who profess none, but also ourselves, believers in Christ.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Catholicism, authentic communion and the way out of our polarization trap
What is the way out of polarization? And why does that question—along with the now-commonplace observation that society suffers from deepening divisions about everything from gun control to abortion to public funding for religious schools—seem so exhausting?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Like Vatican II, the synod is a dynamic example of the church in history
In a way, maybe we are living all together as baptized Christians in the synodal process in the same way that the council fathers at Vatican II experienced collegiality in their role as bishops.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Do Catholics care about climate change?
A recent Pew survey found that overall Catholics show a higher degree of worry about the impact of climate change than other Christian denominations, but the issue appears to divide U.S. Catholics along the same political and racial lines as within the wider public.