Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Jesus did not come to teach us good manners, how to behave well at the table!…Christ came to save us, to show us the way, the only way out of the quicksand of sin, and this way is mercy.”
Tag: Pope Francis
Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.”
Pope Francis in iPhone Video: Pray to the Lord that he will unite us all
Catholic News Service describes the background of Pope Francis’ call for Christian unity earlier this week, delivered via an iPhone message: In an unusual video message, recorded on an iPhone by a Pentecostal pastor Pope Francis knew in Argentina, the pope says all Christians share blame for their divisions, speaks of his “longing” for their… Read More Pope Francis in iPhone Video: Pray to the Lord that he will unite us all
Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “The loss of health and disability are never a good reason for excluding, or worse, for eliminating a person.”
Time to Listen to Francis and Go Back to Confession?
A lot of millennial Catholics do not go to confession regularly. I am one of them. We are far more likely to make confessions on the internet than to a priest (see: previous sentence). Overall, around 75% of Catholics never go to confession or go less than once a year, according to a study from… Read More Time to Listen to Francis and Go Back to Confession?
The Pope, Politics, and Policy: Highlights and Full Video
Earlier this month, Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life featured a panel of John Allen, associate editor of the Boston Globe and Vatican analyst for CNN and NPR; Ross Douthat, op-ed columnist for the New York Times; and Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management to discuss the topic of… Read More The Pope, Politics, and Policy: Highlights and Full Video
Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Year Later, the Pope Benedict Most People Forget by John Gehring: “The Benedict legacy often forgotten today amid the understandable euphoria over Pope Francis is a significant contribution to the Church’s social justice tradition.” Pope Emeritus Benedict by Michael Sean Winters: “Benedict’s pontificate was seminal… Read More Around the Web
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