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FaithNews Analysis
Colleen Dulle
Pope Francis’ planned trip to the tomb of Celestine V—the first pope in history to resign by choice—is fueling speculation the the pontiff might be preparing to retire soon.
Pope Francis meets altar servers during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 8, 2022.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
In his general audience, Pope Francis highlighted how old age ironically helps us to fulfill Jesus’ commandment to be “born again.”
Stock image of a stone statue of an angel surrounded by falling snow.
FaithExplainer
Jim McDermott
Is it in keeping with our faith to believe it is possible that those who have died may be able to help us? Absolutely.
Pope Francis gives the homily as he participates in Mass for the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 5, 2022. The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has substituted as the main celebrant on a few occasions when the pope has had health problems. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithPope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis
“The Holy Spirit wants us to concentrate on the here and now, because the time and place in which we find ourselves are themselves grace-filled.”
Pope Francis greets newly married couples during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2015.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Lisa Sowle Cahill, professor of moral theology at Boston College, talks about the legacy of “Amoris Laetitia” for young people and opponents of Pope Francis.
FaithFaith in Focus
Joe Hoover, S.J.
In San Diego and Boston, in Burbank and Chicago and Orange Beach, Ala., libraries all over the country have been ending the dispensing of fines for overdue books.